Re: general package installed but not 'ready for use'

[Ben Abbott]

On Sep 14, 2014, at 10:45 AM, octaveUser2M <address@hidden> wrote:

> Using octave 3.8.0 - installed fine; control package installed fine. Using
> Mavericks.
> 
> Observe:
> 
> pkg install -forge -verbose general
> mkdir (/var/tmp/oct-PyDVTE)
> untar (/Users/charles/general-1.3.4.tar.gz, /var/tmp/oct-PyDVTE)
> /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/bin/mkoctfile-3.8.0 SHA1.cc
> /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/bin/mkoctfile-3.8.0 mark_for_deletion.cc
> /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/bin/mkoctfile-3.8.0 packfields.cc
> /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/bin/mkoctfile-3.8.0 unpackfields.cc
> copyfile /var/tmp/oct-PyDVTE/general/src/SHA1.oct
> /var/tmp/oct-PyDVTE/general/src/mark_for_deletion.oct
> /var/tmp/oct-PyDVTE/general/src/packfields.oct
> /var/tmp/oct-PyDVTE/general/src/unpackfields.oct
> /var/tmp/oct-PyDVTE/general/inst/x86_64-apple-darwin13.0.0-api-v49+
> For information about changes from previous versions of the general package,
> run 'news general'.
>>> pkg list
> Package Name  | Version | Installation directory
> --------------+---------+-----------------------
>     control *|   2.6.5 | /Users/charles/octave/control-2.6.5
>     general  |   1.3.4 | /Users/charles/octave/general-1.3.4
> 
> Note that general package is installed and no errors generated on install
> however no '*'. Also, 
> 
> tablify
> error: 'tablify' undefined near line 1 column 1
> 
> i.e. commands from general not available.
> 
> Suggestions?

Everything looks ok. You just need to load the package before using it.

        pkg load general

Ben