I'm marking this as fixed now. Octave 3.8.0 is in the 14.04 beta release now, and the "doc" and "mkoctfile" commands now instruct the user on which missing packages to install if the needed files are not found on the system. Thanks for this bug report and feedback to help address this issue. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.
** Changed in: octave (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1194712 Title: doc function doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/octave/+bug/1194712/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs