Re: Octave error: 'gcp' undefined

[Joshua Bowren]

Thanks Olaf. I'll look into those functions. Too bad they are aren't
compatible here, but shouldn't be too hard to convert.

Josh

On 06/14/17 4:17 AM, Olaf Till wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 07:32:57PM -0700, jbowren wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am trying to run  this
>> <https://www.princeton.edu/~adamsc/documents/DictionaryLearning_v2.zip>  
>> statistical research software, but when I run the main script I get: error:
>> 'gcp' undefined near line 31 column 11.
>>
>> I installed the package debian packages octave-parallel and octave-mpi, but
>> they don't seem to include gcp. Do I need another package? If not, is there
>> an alternative function/api I could use to work around this?
> If you delete the lines related to 'gcp' and 'parpool', you may be
> able to run your files with Octave. Any 'parfor' loops should be
> treated as ordinary 'for' loops.
>
> If you want to process user instructions of the code in parallel, you
> should adapt the code to the API of 'octave-parallel'. You could use
> e.g. 'parcellfun' or 'pararrayfun' for multicore operation, where no
> equivalent of 'gcp' or 'parpool' is present or necessary. You can also
> run user code on a cluster. Type 'parallel_doc' at the Octave prompt
> to access a manual.
>
> Olaf
>