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Reputation:

Octave 3.8.0 - package installation error in Mac OS X

I am trying to install some packages in Octave however, I am getting errors. Any help will be much appreciated. I tried this from Octave home directory. (I have also tried: pkg install general-1.3.4.tar.gz)

octave:1> pkg install -forge general
In file included from /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/lib/gcc47/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13/4.7.3/include/stdint.h:3:0,
             from /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/include/octave-3.8.0/octave/oct-conf-post.h:167,
             from /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/include/octave-3.8.0/octave/config.h:3351,
             from /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/include/octave-3.8.0/octave/../octave/oct.h:31,
             from SHA1.cc:19:
/usr/local/octave/3.8.0/lib/gcc47/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13/4.7.3/include-fixed/stdint.h:27:32: fatal error: sys/_types/_int8_t.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make: *** [SHA1.oct] Error 1
/usr/local/octave/3.8.0/bin/mkoctfile-3.8.0 SHA1.cc

pkg: error running `make' for the general package.
error: called from 'configure_make' in file /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/private/configure_make.m near line 82, column 9
error: called from:
error:   /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/private/install.m at line 199, column 5
error:   /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 394, column 9

Upvotes: 6

Views: 3990

Answers (3)

Roy
Roy

Reputation: 41

I have found a workaround from other sites on the web:

I was having the same issue when trying to install the Octave Signal Package without success. The following finally appears to be working.

  1. code-select --install from the Terminal window to install the command line tools
  2. Install MacPorts for Mac. This is a standard installer that you can download from Macports.
  3. sudo port install gcc48 --> This is a Fortran compiler, which is necessary for installing octave-general
  4. sudo port install octave-general [NOTE: THIS TOOK A VERY LONG TIME, and I had to disable Spotlight indexing...Hours on a Macbook Pro]
  5. sudo port install octave-control
  6. sudo port install octave-signal

Upvotes: 2

Andrew
Andrew

Reputation: 551

I am having similar problems with octave 3.8.0 and Yosemite

pkg install /Users/Andrew/Downloads/odepkg-0.8.4.tar.gz configure: error: in /var/tmp/oct-ZcfViL/odepkg/src': configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables Seeconfig.log' for more details checking for gcc... /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/bin/gcc-mp-4.7 checking whether the C compiler works... no

pkg: error running the configure script for odepkg. error: called from 'configure_make' in file /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/private/configure_make.m near line 72, column 9 error: called from: error: /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/private/install.m at line 199, column 5 error: /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 394, column 9

I have the xcode command line tools installed.

Upvotes: 0

LMJ
LMJ

Reputation: 31

Running the following command on a new terminal window solved it for me on the command line and gui based versions:

xcode-select --install

Upvotes: 3

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