Re: GDAL package error message at install

[Marco Atzeri]

On 18/04/2016 17:46, Lester Anderson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to install GDAL for use with the mapping package, but when I
> try the install I get:
>
> > > pkg install gdal-2.0.2.tar.gz -auto
> package is missing file: COPYING
> error: called from 'verify_directory' in file
> C:\octave\octave-4.0.0\share\octave\4.0.0\m\pkg\private\verify_directory.m
> near line
> 30, column 7
> > >
>
> Any ideas what the problem is and how it is fixed? I did install
> mapping fine (but removed it) however it disabled raster read/write.
>
> Thanks
> Lester

There is no gdal package on
http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.php

Are you sure that gdal-2.0.2.tar.gz is a octave package ?

It looks like a external library/program
ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/gdal/2.0.2/

Regards
Marco