Re: OsX Mavericks GSL install error

[Carnë Draug]

On 13 Feb 2014 14:38:37,  seub4604 <address@hidden> wrote:
> I am trying to install the GSL package (gsl-1.16.tar.gz) into Octave by
> using "pkg install gsl-1.16.tar.gz".  This is the error it gives me:
>
> package is missing file: DESCRIPTION
> error: called from 'verify_directory' in file
> /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/private/verify_directory.mnear
> line 30, column 7
> error: called from:
> error:   /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/private/install.m
> at line 146, column 5
> error:   /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 394,
> column 9
>
> I can't figure out what is going wrong, and I need to get this going for a
> project at school.
>
> Thanks in advance for all of your help,

Considering the version of the file you are trying to install, 1.16,
it would appear you are trying to install gsl itself, not the Octave
package for it. Anyway, the gsl package has been marked as
unmaintained. See near the bottom of
http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.php

Carnë