Re: Octave Forge (2.1.73) under Windows XP Can't load packages

[Quentin Spencer]

barch wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to get started with Octave and have so far had success (after a
> bit of work) using built in functions and GNU Plots etc.
>
> I would now like to use some of the Octave-Forge functions, as I want to
> load .wav files for some sound processing. I am however having a lot of
> problems with this; and to date have not been able to get any Octave-Forge
> functions working. I suspect that it is a path issue so my octave paths are
> listed below:
>
> Octave's search path contains the following directories:
>
>   .
>   /usr/lib/octave/2.1.73/site/oct/i686-pc-cygwin//
>   /usr/lib/octave/site/oct/api-v13/i686-pc-cygwin//
>   /usr/lib/octave/site/oct/i686-pc-cygwin//
>   /usr/share/octave/2.1.73/site/m//
>   /usr/share/octave/site/api-v13/m//
>   /usr/share/octave/site/m//
>   /usr/lib/octave/2.1.73/oct/i686-pc-cygwin//
>   /usr/share/octave/2.1.73/m//
>   /cygdrive/c/User/Octave
>
> >From what I heave read I should be able to load the Octave-Forge functions
> by using:
> "pkg load all"
> or 
> "pkg load _package_name"
>
> Niether of these commands work, I just get a syntax errror. I installed
> Octave using the Octave Octave Forge Windows Octave 2.1.73 (Windows
> Installer March 24, 2006 ) The link called testing on Octave Site.
>
> Any tips on how I can debug my setup to get the Octave Forge Packages
> working? What is the simplist way to isolate the problem, are there any
> simple test calls I can make?
>   
To use the new octave-forge package system, you need octave 2.9.10. If 
you're using octave 2.1.73, you can only use older octave-forge 
releases. However, I was under the impression that the octave windows 
installer already included octave-forge.

Quentin