Re: dct in Octave

[Lukas Reichlin]

On 02.08.2013, at 17:58, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 1 August 2013 23:51, Jeffrey <address@hidden> wrote:
>> error: the following dependencies where unsatisfied:
>>   control needs octave >= 3.6.0
>> 
>> Do I need to install 'specfun', 'control' and 'general'? Same method? *Am I
>> out of luck* since I don't have a recent enough version of Octave?
> 
> How is Octave installed on that system? Some Red Hat or CentOS
> version? If so, there might be a corresponding octave-signal rpm that
> your sysadmin can install and goes with this version of Octave, so
> that you don't have to install it from source.
> 
> It's also possible that dct works from the signal package alone
> without needing all of the dependencies. You can grab its source code
> here:
> 
>    http://sourceforge.net/p/octave/signal/ci/default/tree/inst/dct.m
> 
> From a quick glance, this one file isn't calling anything but core
> Octave functions.
> 
> - Jordi G. H.

Try

        pkg install -forge -nodeps signal

Lukas