I must say that I dont understand this bug report, it doesnt say anything specific about what is wrong with the package. The only problem I have with version 2.9.10 is that it does not include the path to the forge functions and that is easely solved by issuing addpath(genpath("/usr/share/octave/site/api-v22/m/")) inside octave. This is a bug for certain but is this the only thing this bug is about? Best regards Oli