Re: Problem installing package io-2.4.10.tar.gz

[PhilipNienhuis]

PhilipNienhuis wrote
> Gary Dilay wrote
>> I am having a problem installing package io-2.4.10.tar.gz on my Windows
>> 10
>> PC. I am using octave 4.2.1 configured for x86_64-w64-mingw32. I have
>> tried
>> using the command "pkg install io-2.4.10.tar.gz" and the command "pkg
>> install -forge io", but I get error messages in both cases as shown
>> below.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> pkg install io-2.4.10.tar.gz
>> configure: error: in `/tmp/oct-fh2Elh/io-2.4.10/src':
>> configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
>> See `config.log' for more details
>> checking for mkoctfile...
>> D:/Octave-4.2.1/octave-4.2.1/bin/mkoctfile-4.2.1.exe
>> checking for octave-config...
>> D:/Octave-4.2.1/octave-4.2.1/bin/octave-config-4.2.1.exe
>> checking whether the C++ compiler works... no
>> pkg: error running the configure script for io.
>> error: called from
>>     configure_make at line 78 column 9
>>     install at line 192 column 7
>>     pkg at line 394 column 9
>>>>
>> 
>>>> pkg install -forge io
>> configure: error: in `/tmp/oct-Y8rzMM/io-2.4.10/src':
>> configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
>> See `config.log' for more details
>> checking for mkoctfile...
>> D:/Octave-4.2.1/octave-4.2.1/bin/mkoctfile-4.2.1.exe
>> checking for octave-config...
>> D:/Octave-4.2.1/octave-4.2.1/bin/octave-config-4.2.1.exe
>> checking whether the C++ compiler works... no
>> pkg: error running the configure script for io.
>> error: called from
>>     configure_make at line 78 column 9
>>     install at line 192 column 7
>>     pkg at line 394 column 9
>>>>
>> 
>> Can you help me install package io-2.4.10.tar.gz?
> 
> It works for me with the Octave dev version (Octave-4.3.0+), but maybe for
> 4.2.1 it is different (although I doubt it). Oh and on Win10 it may also
> be
> different - I tested on Windows 7.
> 
> Did you try to uninstall Octave and reinstall it? From the log, where it
> says "checking whether the C++ compiler works... no" it looks like the
> build
> tools have malfunctions.

It also works on my Win10 box.
Again my guess is that you'd better reinstall Octave.

Philip



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