Re: octave install

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

--- On Wed, 2014/4/9, Fausto Arinos de A. Barbuto wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 12:33:51 AM, Tatsuro MATSUOKA  wrote:
> 
> 
> >--- On Tue, 2014/4/8, Fausto Arinos Barbuto wrote:
> >
> >> On 04/04/2014 07:00 PM, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
> >> > --- On Sat, 2014/4/5, johnrobinson  wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > What is the distribution of your Linux? For example, Debian or Ubuntu or 
> >> > Redhat or .....
> >> > I have built Octave 3.8.1 on Ubuntu according the instruction on the web 
> >> > site:
> >> >
> >> > http://blogs.bu.edu/mhirsch/2013/12/compiling-octave-3-8/
> >> >
> >> 
> >> The problem about the instructions in the blog above is that they uninstall
> >> gmsh and several other pieces of software I (for one) need.  If that is the
> >> cost of installing Octave 3.8 on my Ubuntu 12.04 system, well, I would 
> >> sooner
> >> stick by 3.2.4.
> >> 
> >> Fausto
> >> 
> >> 
> >> PS: I tried the instructions above nevertheless and got several build 
> >> errors
> >> *plus* the removal of gmsh.
> >> 
> >
> >What kind of error messages did you encounter?  Revealing them might help to 
> >solve your problem.
> >
> 
> Hi, Tatsuro.  Thanks for your reply.
> 
> Unfortunately, I didn't keep a build log neither did I save the error
> messages that were displayed onto the xterm.  But I will definitely
> save a log and will post it here should I ever decide to try installing
> 3.8 on my computer again.
> 
> For the time being, a question stands: why should gmsh be removed from
> the system upon the installation of Octave 3.8's dependencies?  I fail
> to understand why.

I have not used gmsh. If I can find time, I will try to install gmsh and build 
octave-3.8.1 and see what will happen. 

Regards

Tatsuro