Hello Please specify your platform (Windows-MinGW, MacOSX, Debian, etc.) and show you are get octave binaries from the distribution or get them by building from sources.
BTW , for the question about of the octave-forge package is better to be done on the Mailing list of Octave-Forge project. The description about this, you can find the top page octave-forge homepage as If you have questions regarding software downloaded from Octave-Forge, send a message to the repository mailing list. https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev Please use the above when you ask the matter concerning to the octave-forge package from the next post. Regards Tatsuro --- Ron Crummett wrote: > Hi - > > I'm trying to install a few packages under 3.2.0. Some of the packages > install fine, others give me an error like this one from the Linear Algebra > Toolbox: > > >> pkg install linear-algebra-1.0.8.tar.gz > couldn't create installation directory > /usr/lib/octave/packages/3.2/linear-algebra-1.0.8 : Permission denied > error: called from `pkg>copy_files' in file > /usr/share/octave/3.2.0/m/pkg/pkg.m near line 1473, column 13 > error: called from: > error: /usr/share/octave/3.2.0/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 756, column 5 > error: /usr/share/octave/3.2.0/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 287, column 7 > > Again, I have installed some packages without problems, so I don't think > it's an issue of permissions. Has anyone else had this problem, or does > anyone know what needs to change? Thanks. > > -Ron > > _______________________________________________ > Help-octave mailing list > [email protected] > https://www-old.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave > -------------------------------------- Thanks 10 years! Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions http://pr.mail.yahoo.co.jp/ec10years/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
