Re: How can I compile Octave GUI from sources?

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Pedro <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Juan Pablo Carbajal
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Pedro <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> I would like to test Octave GUI but it's difficult to find a tutorial
>>> in google (GUI Octave, ... )
>>> Any help? References? Howto?
>>>
>>> I know that Octave GUI is unstable.
>>>
>>> Could be these included in FAQ?
>>> The response now is not enough for me :/
>>> http://wiki.octave.org/FAQ#GUI
>>>
>>> I'm in Lubuntu 12.10 and I have Octave version 3.6.2 from official 
>>> repositories.
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Pedro
>>
>> Hi Pedro,
>>
>> I think this mail should go to the help mailing list.
>>
>> You need to checkout the default repository and compile it from source.
>> Follow the instructions here
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/get-involved.html
>>
>> Once you go the code do
>> $ hg update default
>> $ ./bootstrap
>> $ ./configure
>> $ make
>> $ ./run-octave
>>
>> Make sure that ./configure tell that you are OK to compile. Also when
>> making you can pass the -j<n> option, where <n> is the number of
>> processors/cores you have in your machine.
>> I do not know what kind of update system you have in Lubuntu, just run
>> the equivalent to
>> $ sudo apt-get install buildessential
>> $ sudo apt-get builddep octave
>>
>> before you start compiling to get all the dependencies. You will also need
>> libqscintilla2 and qt4
>
> Ok, I have an make error. But first, I make a description to arrive here:
>
> ./bootstrap
> says: "build-aux/bootstrap_gnulib: one of these is required:
> glibtoolize libtoolize"
> => you have to install "sudo apt-get install libtool"
> => (and) "sudo apt-get install automake autoconf"
>
> ./configure
> sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev
> sudo apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev
>
> make
> here's the error [1]
> I tried to resolve installing:
> sudo apt-get install flex flexc++ flexbackup libfl-dev flexloader flexml
> (also flex-old, and this remove flex and libfl-dev)
>
> information
> flex version: 2.5.35-10
> libfl-dev version: 2.5.35-10
> flex-old version: 2.5.4a-10
>
> [1] Error in make
>
> Making all in libinterp
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/papatupf/Sources/octave/libinterp'
> /bin/bash ../build-aux/ylwrap parse-tree/lex.ll lex.octave_.c
> parse-tree/lex.cc -- ../build-aux/missing flex
> WARNING: `flex' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
>          you modified a `.l' file.  You may need the `Flex' package
>          in order for those modifications to take effect.  You can get
>          `Flex' from any GNU archive site.
> make[2]: *** [parse-tree/lex.cc] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/<user>/octave/libinterp'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/<user>/Sources/octave'
> make: *** [all] Error 2

Try first getting the dependencies

$ sudo apt-get build-dep octave

if you are in a Ubuntu older than 12.10 you need to do

$ sudo apt-get build-dep octave3.2

Also notice that bootstrap is telling you that there are some programs missing.