Re: parellel pkg install

[Olaf Till]

On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 11:29:09AM -0800, Nidjara wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to install parallel pkg on octave 3.8.2. on win 8.1, but keep
> getting this error:
> 
> >>  pkg install -forge parallel
> sclose.cc:37:24: fatal error: sys/socket.h: No such file or directory
>  #include <sys/socket.h>
>                         ^
> compilation terminated.
> make: *** [sclose.oct] Error 1
> make: Entering directory `/tmp/oct-3/parallel-2.2.0/src'
> C:/Octave/Octave-3.8.2/bin/mkoctfile-3.8.2.exe -s sclose.cc sock-stream.cc
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/oct-3/parallel-2.2.0/src'
> 
> pkg: error running `make' for the parallel package.
> error: called from 'configure_make' in file
> C:\Octave\Octave-3.8.2\share\octave\3.8.2\m\pkg\private\configu
> re_make.m near line 82, column 9
> error: called from:
> error:   C:\Octave\Octave-3.8.2\share\octave\3.8.2\m\pkg\private\install.m
> at line 199, column 5
> error:   C:\Octave\Octave-3.8.2\share\octave\3.8.2\m\pkg\pkg.m at line 394,
> column 9
> 
> Any advice?
> 
> Thanks, Djara

You seem to try to install on a Windows system. 'parallel' does not
compile on Windows. AFAIK only pre-compiled packages (there is
probably none for 'parallel') should be assumed to work with Windows,
compiling yourself does not necessarily work.

Olaf

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