Re: can't install packages cygwin

[marco atzeri]

On 3/26/2013 1:51 AM, strangerland wrote:
> I can't seem to install any packages in octave under cygwin windows 7 64 bit.
> Here's and example of the errors I receive
>
> octave:3> pkg install /usr/src/linear-algebra-2.2.0.tar.gz
> /tmp/oct-28f770.1: No such file or directory
> error: called from 'unpack' in file
> /usr/share/octave/3.6.4/m/miscellaneous/unpack.m near line 183, column 5
> error: called from:
> error:   /usr/share/octave/3.6.4/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 773, column 5
> error:   /usr/share/octave/3.6.4/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 383, column 9
>
>    Can anybody help? Thanks, Steve

install from cygwin setup the "octave-forge" package

octave-forge-20130223-1 includes linear-algebra-2.2.0
see:
http://cygwin.com/packages/octave-forge/octave-forge-20130223-1


just remember to load it from octave before using.

 "pkg load linear-algebra"

Regards
Marco