Re: PKG install under Windows Mingw setup

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

----- Original Message -----

> From: User1116
> To: help-octave
> Cc: 
> Date: 2015/8/27, Thu 22:02
> Subject: Re: PKG install under Windows Mingw setup
> 
> PhilipNienhuis wrote
>>  So you did install Octave yourself (= with required privileges)
> 
> Yes, I have installed Octave myself.  Octave install directory was
> C:/Octave/Octave-4.0.0.  Home directory is set to C:/users/adamro1/.
> 
> 
> PhilipNienhuis wrote
>>  In that case (on Windows) you probably do not need to set (should not
>>  specify) any prefix as Octave will install OF packages in its installation
>>  directory (in the share/octave/ subtree).
>> 
>>  If you would install OF packages with the "-local" option I think 
> no
>>  prefixes are required either, Octave will (try to) put the packages in
>>  your home directory under the octave subdirectory.
>> 
>>  Philip
> 
> The prefixes seem to behave odd.  At first boot (using the GUI), they
> default to:
> 
>>>  pkg prefix
> Installation prefix:            
> C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\packages
> Architecture dependent prefix:  
> C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\lib\octave\packages
> 
> A standard pkg install fails here due to permission denied on directory
> creation.  I believe this is because creating directories outside of my home
> directories requires me to accept a run as administrator option.
> 
> After attempting a -local install, my prefixes get set differently (and the
> install also fails due to the new prefix directories being something I don't
> have access to)
> 
>>>  pkg prefix
> Installation prefix:             y:\home\adamro1\octave
> Architecture dependent prefix:   y:\home\adamro1\octave
> 
> My home directory is set to C:\users\adamro1.  I'm cd'ing into 
> Downloads for
> the instrument-control gunzip file.  I have no idea why it is defaulting to
> Y: directories.
> 
> 


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> A standard pkg install fails here due to permission denied on directory
> creation.  I believe this is because creating directories outside of my home
> directories requires me to accept a run as administrator option.


It sounds odd.
Many people install octave-forge packages by standard pkg install.
I myself also have installed octave 4.0.0 and octave-forge packages 
to five windows computers (three win 7, two win 8.1) with standard install. 

(Without no special treatments. 
Install directory is C;\octave\Octave-4.0.0)

Do you log on as a administrator on windows?
If not, can you try to start octave
(If you have already tried, sorry for that)


1. Go to C:\octave\Octave-4.0.0
2. Right click octave.bat 
(.bat may not be seen if you change folder properties.
two octave icon displayed: one is octave.bat and the other octave.vbs.
On right click, "Run as administrator" is displayed only for octave.bat )
3. execute "Run as administrator"
4. execute "pkg install -forge instrument-control" without pkg prefix setting


> After attempting a -local install, my prefixes get set differently (and the
> install also fails due to the new prefix directories being something I don't
> have access to)
> 
>>> pkg prefix
> Installation prefix:            y:\home\adamro1\octave
> Architecture dependent prefix:  y:\home\adamro1\octave


I have tried 
>> pkg install -forge -local instrument-control

was successfully done.

>> pkg prefix

Installation prefix:             C:\Users\Tatsu\octave
Architecture dependent prefix:   C:\Users\Tatsu\octave

Note that C:\Users\Tatsu is home directory of my PC. 

Hmmm. Perhaps your setting on windows might cause problems but
I cannot pointed out what is origin for your issue.

Tatsuro