Hi all, just for those who want the quickest way to get the package 3.8.0-5 installed: # nano /usr/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/private/fix_depends.m change '\s*(?<name>\w+)+\s*(\(\s*(?<op>[<>=]+)\s*(?<ver>\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)*)\s*\))*\s*'; to '\s*(?<name>[-\w]+)+\s*(\(\s*(?<op>[<>=]+)\s*(?<ver>\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)*)\s*\))*\s*'; i.e. simply replace the first "\w" by "[-\w]". This explicitly allows for hyphens in package names. Cheers, Benjamin