Re: problems installing optim on OSX 10.9 using MacPorts

[Ben Abbott]

On Jul 18, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Alexander Hansen <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 7/18/14, 11:07 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>> 
>> On Jul 18, 2014, at 1:25 PM, Steven Dorsher <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello again,
>>> 
>>> In the last week since I asked my basic question about how to install optim 
>>> on a Mac using MacPorts (sudo port install octave-optim), I had to 
>>> reinstall my operating system. This broke MacPorts, so I had to uninstall 
>>> MacPorts and reinstall it. Now I am trying to reinstall octave, including 
>>> the optim package. However, it seems to be choking on installation of the 
>>> general package. Here's the error message I'm getting:
>>> 
>>> bash-3.2$ sudo port install octave-optim
>>> --->  Computing dependencies for octave-optim
>>> --->  Dependencies to be installed: octave-miscellaneous octave-general 
>>> octave-struct
>>> --->  Configuring octave-general
>>> Error: org.macports.configure for port octave-general returned: configure 
>>> failure: command execution failed
>>> Error: Failed to install octave-general
>>> Please see the log file for port octave-general for details:
>>> 
>>> /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave-general/octave-general/main.log
>>> Error: The following dependencies were not installed: octave-miscellaneous 
>>> octave-general octave-struct
>>> To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
>>>     http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
>>> Error: Processing of port octave-optim failed
>> 
>> Please do as the error asks and report this to Fink.  If you don't want to 
>> file a bug report, then use their maillist
>> 
>>      http://www.finkproject.org/lists/fink-users.php
>> 
>>> The alternative suggested,
>>> 
> 
> 
> Umm...that's Macports, not Fink.  Don't even THINK of reporting a Macports 
> problem to Fink. :-)
> 

opps ;-)

Sorry about that Alex.  

Ben