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

[Doug Stewart]

I have been talking to him privately, and I think that we are making 
progress :-)
He has wavread and write now working.
Doug


Quentin Spencer wrote:
> 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
>
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