Re: [OctDev] Install package under Windows

[Michael G. <mic...@gm...>]

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Greg <ewa...@gm...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm having some problems installing some extensions, but using the "GUI
> Octave" package manager and the standard Octave CLI.
>
> I've downloaded the Image package, and here is the result:
>
> octave.exe:4> pkg install C:/Users/<user>/Desktop/image.tar.gz
>> make: *** [__spatial_filtering__.oct] Error -1
>> 'make' returned the following error: make: Entering directory
>> `C:/Users/<user>/AppData/Local/Temp/oct-3/image-1.0.15/src'
>> mkoctfile -Wall __spatial_filtering__.cc
>> make: Leaving directory
>> `C:/Users/SURRGRE/AppData/Local/Temp/oct-3/image-1.0.15/src'
>> error: called from `pkg>configure_make' in file
>> C:\Octave\share\octave\3.6.2\m\pkg\pkg.m near line 1385, column 9
>> error: called from:
>> error:   C:\Octave\share\octave\3.6.2\m\pkg\pkg.m at line 827, column 5
>> error:   C:\Octave\share\octave\3.6.2\m\pkg\pkg.m at line 383, column 9
>
>
> I have already sucessfully installed packages on my home linux-based
> computer, but I had never tried on Windows. Do you have some ideas to get
> it working?
>
>
> Here are my Octave install caracteristics (from the "welcome screen"):
>
> GNU Octave, version 3.6.2
>
> Octave was configured for "i686-pc-mingw32".
>>
>  - MSYS shell available (C:\Octave\msys).
>
>  - Graphics backend: gnuplot.
>
>
>
>
Is there any particular reason you're trying to recompile the image package
instead of using the bundled pre-compiled version?

Michael.