Re: How can I compile Octave GUI from sources?

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Pedro <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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

Ok, I had to ask help to jwe for this one.

Make sure bison is installed

$ sudo apt-get install bison

If that doesn't do the trick then

09:12:21 PM) jwe: what is in the generated
libinterp/parse-tree/oct-parse.h file?  That's where things like DO,
END, ELSE, etc. should be defined.