--- FAQ.html.bak 2008-12-06 08:43:09.000000000 +0000 +++ FAQ.html 2008-12-06 08:57:55.000000000 +0000 @@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ where package_file_name.tar.gz is the file name of the package you downloaded.
+pkg install xxxx
I get the error
+configure: WARNING: no mkoctfile found on path
+what am I doing wrong?
+
+Your Octave installation does not include the mkoctfile
+ script. In most Linux distributions this is provided in a separate
+ package named something like octavexxx-devel
or
+octavexxx-headers
.
+
Some packages depend on functionality provided by other packages