Re: Installing packages in octave on Ubuntu 12.04

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith]

On 12/23/2012 07:36 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> 
> On Dec 23, 2012, at 7:22 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> 
>> On 12/23/2012 06:01 PM, Clydee wrote:
>>> Jordi,
>>>
>>> Under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
>>>
>>>> From the Octave manual, it tells me that I can download octave packages and
>>> install them simply with 
>>>
>>> for example...
>>>
>>> pkg install controll-1.0.11.tar.gz  
>>>
>>> and I get Permission denied.  
>>>
>>> Attempting the same wtih pkg install -forge control
>>>
>>> returns 
>>> warning: file -forge does not exist
>>> warning: file control does not exist
>>>
>>> Ubuntu software center knows nothing about Octave packages.
>>
>> Did you try the synaptics package manager?
>>
>> I must admit that my experience is with ubuntu 10, not 12.
> 
> For Ubuntu 12, Synaptic was replaced by the "Ubuntu Software Center".   I 
> don't see any of Octave's packages available from the Ubuntu Software Center. 
>  I also don't see them listed by "dpkg --list".
> 
> I'm only a novice with Linux, so maybe I'm missing something?

So, it is probably my mistake.  Sorry.

I'll be honest, I only tried Ubuntu 12 for a short while.  I didn't like
it.  I dread the day that Ubuntu 10 stops their security updates.