Re: How can I compile Octave GUI from sources?

[Pedro]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Juan Pablo Carbajal
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Pedro <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Juan Pablo Carbajal
>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> Thanks for your reply.
>> About depmode. I was thinking that was a program... aplying
>> incorrectly sudo apt-get install build-dep octave
>>
>> So I did:
>> # sudo apt-get build-dep octave
>> # make clean && ./bootstrap && ./configure && make
>>
>> and here's the ouput error:
>> http://pastebin.com/yhm4NcmK
>>
>> Something bad with lex.cc & lex.ll
>> Seems to be missing a library
>>
>> Now I will try a new hg clone of sources and try again (instead of
>> using make clean)
>
> Try manually installing lex
>
> $ sudo apt-get install flex
>
> What GNU/Linux are you using?

Lubuntu 12.10 (quantal)

$ sudo apt-get install flex
(...)
flex is already the newest version.

$ flex -V
flex 2.5.35

An alternative is to use:
"flex-old" with: 2.5.4a-10
but it will remove:
libfl-dev version: 2.5.35-10
don't know if affects