Re: [OctDev] Problems with octaver-forge install

[Josep i T. <jm...@pu...>]

On dl, 2004-09-20 at 18:58, Tomasv wrote:
> Hi.
> This is a message from mi octave start-up
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> error:
> /usr/local/libexec/octave/2.1.57/site/oct/i686-pc-linux-gnu/octave-forge/=
dispatch.oct
> is not a valid shared library
> error: `dispatch' undefined near line 2 column 1
> error: near line 2 of file
> `/usr/local/share/octave/2.1.57/site/m/octave-forge/fixed//PKG_ADD'
> error: source: error sourcing file
> `/usr/local/share/octave/2.1.57/site/m/octave-forge/fixed//PKG_ADD'
> error: near line 7 of file `/home/evalero/.octaverc'
> octave:1>
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I had the same problem: I solved it by compiling both Octave and
Octave-Forge using the following flags to configure:

--enable-shared --disable-static

I don't know exactly what they do (does static compile all liboctave
statically to each oct?), but that worked...


Good luck,
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Josep Mon=E9s i Teixidor
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