Re: Compiling for Octave 4.0.0 in ubuntu 14.04 error

[Helios de Rosario]

>>> RT <address@hidden> 22/07/2015 19:02 >>>

I followed these instructions because I couldn't find any for 14.04 ubuntu.

http://www.schoeps.org/home/2015/06/five-simple-instructions-to-compile-octave-4-on-ubuntu/

# 1) get necessary dev-tools
sudo apt-get install g++ gcc gfortran make autoconf automake bison flex gperf gzip icoutils librsvg2-bin libtool perl rsync tar
# 2) get necessary packages
sudo apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev libpcre3-dev libarpack2-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev epstool libfftw3-dev transfig libfltk1.3-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libgl2ps-dev libglpk-dev libreadline-dev gnuplot libgraphicsmagick++-dev libhdf5-serial-dev openjdk-7-jdk libsndfile1-dev llvm-dev lpr texinfo libgl1-mesa-dev libosmesa6-dev pstoedit portaudio19-dev libqhull-dev libqrupdate-dev libqscintilla2-dev libqt4-dev libqtcore4 libqtwebkit4 libqt4-network libqtgui4 libsuitesparse-dev libxft-dev zlib1g-dev
# 3) download and extract
cd /tmp
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-4.0.0.tar.gz
tar -xzf octave-4.0.0.tar.gz
cd octave-4.0.0
# 4) configure and make
./configure --prefix=/opt/octave-4.0.0 CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/include/hdf5/serial LDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib/$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/hdf5/serial
make
make check
# 5) install
sudo make install

I tried this but get an error when I run #2 I try and configure but I get an error

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libosmesa6-dev : Depends: libosmesa6 (= 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.4) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

And

configure: error: to build Octave, you must have the PCRE library and header files installed
>>>

 

 

I have exactly the same problem. It is a confirmed bug of the mesa-related packages:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa-lts-utopic/+bug/1424059

 

Unfortunately it is confirmed, but its importance remains "undecided", and the last question in the discussion (Anyone know of a workaround for this?) is unanswered.

If you have a launchpad (or Ubuntu One) account, I suggest you log in and mark that the bug also affects you (there is a button next to the label "This bugs affects X other people". That may help to decide about its importance.

 

Helios

 

 

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