Re: octave and octave-forge
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:07:27 +0000
Olafur Jens Sigurdsson <ojs@klaki.net> wrote:
> Þann 2007-04-16, 10:31:49 (-0400) skrifaði Kamaraju S Kusumanchi:
> > Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, I am trying to use octave2.9 in unstable (version 2.9.10 atm)
> > > but each time I try to call a function from octave-forge I get
> > > something like "error: dmlread' undefined near line 2 column 1",
> > > none of the octave variables like DEFAULT_LOADPATH or LOADPATH
> > > are set, at least I get an empty respons by issuing
> > > getenv(DEFAULT_LOADPATH) and if I try to set LOADPATH by issuing
> > >
> >
> > octave 2.9.10 does not work well with the octave-forge that is
> > currently in Debian. My suggestion would be to install octave 2.9.9
> > and see if it works.
>
> Well, works well after issuing
> addpath(genpath("/usr/share/octave/site/api-v22/m/"))
> which is the directory where all the forge functions are kept.
>
> Or what do you mean by "does not work well"? I saw the bug report that
> said the same thing but no clarification was given.
>
> Oli
>
>
Yes, it was stated somewhere that environment variables like LOADPATH
were replaced by functions like addpath("pathname"), I don't recall
where.
Just a (bit off-topic?) question: I installed octave 2.9 from Etch. Now
it doesn't seem to be included anymore. What to do now?
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