Re: Trouble installing packages

[Alexander Hansen]

On 11/3/12 6:28 PM, theboss368 wrote:
> I download the package by clicking on the download tab of the package that I
> want to download. In this case it is odepkg-0.8.2.tar.gz. It is downloaded
> to my downloads folder on my computer.I then go to Octave and input the
> command
> 
> pkg install odepkg-0.8.2.tar.gz
> 
> 
> I then get the following outputs 
> 
> warning: file odepkg-0.8.2.tar.gz does not exist
> 

<snip>

> 
> 
> I don't know what to do?
> 

The file doesn't exist because you don't have Octave pointing to your
downloads folder.  The "cd" or "chdir" commands will be helpful here.

That being said, what you have downloaded is a package source, and
requires that you have a compiler to build it.

In general, it's a good idea to specify stuff like:

Your operating system (and version of that).
Your Octave version.
How you installed Octave--on Windows, for example, I believe there are
at least 3 different options.

-- 
Alex