Am Dienstag, den 30.09.2008, 19:11 -0700 schrieb Scott Askey:
> Weh I try to install the io package octave cannot find the makeoct
> file. the Statistics and plot packages installed without incedent. I
> am running a 32 bit core2 mac book pro with ubuntu 8.04
aptitude install octave3.0-headers.
John, can you please add the attached patch to the archive?
Jaroslav, please transplant it into 3.0 archive.
Quentin, is the information about Fedora correct?
Thanks
Thomas
# HG changeset patch
# User Thomas Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
# Date 1222871586 -7200
# Node ID 1844b8c6481c0dd5dd7cbb8d78d6818e712fb47c
# Parent 4024fc815f8d73d49fb6ad0da9a1260d85c5cbd9
FAQ entry about split development packages in distributions
diff --git a/doc/faq/Octave-FAQ.texi b/doc/faq/Octave-FAQ.texi
--- a/doc/faq/Octave-FAQ.texi
+++ b/doc/faq/Octave-FAQ.texi
@@ -649,6 +649,24 @@
If you have obtained your copy of Octave from a distribution please file
a bug report requesting that the fix reported in the above bug report be
included.
+
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+I cannot install a package. Octave complains about a missing @code{mkoctfile}.
+
+Most distributions split Octave into several packages. The script
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is then part of a separate package:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] @minus
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Debian/Ubuntu
+
[EMAIL PROTECTED] install octave3.0-headers}
+
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Fedora
+
[EMAIL PROTECTED] install octave-devel}
+
[EMAIL PROTECTED] itemize
@end itemize
@node How do I ...?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge
Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes
Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world
http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/
_______________________________________________
Octave-dev mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
