Re: Problem with pkg install on 2.9.16 cvs

[LUK ShunTim]

Riccardo Corradini wrote:
> I modified the header call
> #include "octave/config.h"
> #include <fstream>
> #include <algorithm>
> #include <queue>
> #include <climits>
> #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
> #include <octave/config.h>
> #endif
> #include <octave/oct.h>
> #include <octave/lo-ieee.h>
> of dlmread.cc
>
> Before starting pkg install io....tgz
> I write export LDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib/octave-2.9.16+/
> export CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/include/octave-2.9.16+/
>      
>
> The compilation goes fine but at the end I think there could be
> a bug in pkg.m
> octave -q
> octave:1> pkg install io-1.0.3.tar.gz
> warning: creating installation directory /home/corradin/octave
> warning: directory /home/corradin/octave/io-1.0.3 previously lost
> error: structure has no member `archprefix'
> error: evaluating argument list element number 1
> error: evaluating assignment expression near line 1940, column 11
> error: called from `pkg:getarchdir' in file 
> `/usr/share/octave/2.9.16+/m/pkg/pkg.m'
> error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2020, column 12
> error: evaluating for command near line 2014, column 3
> error: called from `pkg:load_packages_and_dependencies' in file 
> `/usr/share/octave/2.9.16+/m/pkg/pkg.m'
> error: evaluating if command near line 761, column 3
> error: called from `pkg:install' in file 
> `/usr/share/octave/2.9.16+/m/pkg/pkg.m'
> error: evaluating switch command near line 243, column 3
> error: called from `pkg' in file `/usr/share/octave/2.9.16+/m/pkg/pkg.m'
>
> Thanks again to all of you
> Riccardo

Message at end. It's easier for all to follow without top posting. :-)

> */LUK ShunTim <address@hidden>/* ha scritto:
>
>     Riccardo Corradini wrote:
>      > Hi all,
>      > I successfully installed the latest octave2.9.16 from CVS on the
>     latest
>      > version of ubuntu, but I have some problems installing the octave
>     forge
>      > packages.
>      > It seems there problems are finding the octave's header
>      > For instance
>      > octave -q
>      > octave:1> pkg install io-1.0.3.tar.gz
>      > dlmread.cc:18:20: error: config.h: No such file or directory
>      > dlmread.cc:26:24: error: octave/oct.h: No such file or directory
>      > dlmread.cc:27:28: error: octave/lo-ieee.h: No such file or directory
>
>     Maybe be you need to do something like
>     export CPPFLAGS=-I/path/to/your/octave-headers
>
>     and also this as well
>     export LDFLAGS=-L/path/to/your/octave-libraries
>
>     before you invoke pkg.
>
>     Regards,
>     ST
>     --

I ran into this and was told that rebuilding ~/.octave_packages might 
help. See

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=448839

Regards,
ST
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