RE: installing packages

[gerald Harrison]

Thanks to all of you that helped. I think it was the "build_packages" that was 
what I was missing. They say u can't teach an old dog new tricks, wrong, you 
did. I'm off to relearn the math I started studying in 1948 and some they 
didn't teach back in those days. Gerry

-----Original Message-----
From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 10:48 PM
To: gerald Harrison; 'Alexander Hansen'
Cc: 'Octave users list'
Subject: Re: installing packages

----- Original Message -----
>From: gerald Harrison <address@hidden>
>To: 'Alexander Hansen' <address@hidden>
>Cc: 'Octave users list' <address@hidden>
>Date: 2015/8/7, Fri 10:41
>Subject: RE: installing packages
>
>
>Alexander H, I’m not able to understand your comment. Could you give me a 
>little more detail on the process. I have a file “symbolic-2.2.2.tar.gz” on my 
>current path. I downloaded this from: Help; Octave Packages; Packages, 
>Symbolic. My current path is c:\users\Gerald\downloads.
>            I tried “pkg install symbolic-2.2.2.tar.gz” and also tried
>“’pkg install symbolic” and got errors. I tried to download a different
>package and had same problem. Thanks Gerry From:Alexander Hansen
>[mailto:address@hidden
>Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 8:04 PM
>To: gerald Harrison
>Cc: Octave users list
>Subject: Re: installing packages
>
>
>On Aug 6, 2015, at 16:54, Nicholas Jankowski <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>
>>On Aug 6, 2015 7:40 PM, "gerald Harrison" <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> Nicholas, Thanks for the reply. Still get same error. Any idea of how to 
>>> set the path so it knows where to look for package?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of
>>> Nicholas Jankowski
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 4:35 PM
>>> To: gerald Harrison
>>> Cc: help
>>> Subject: Re: installing packages
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 11:22 PM, gerald Harrison <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> Trying to install symbolic toolbox in win 7 64bit. Installed python 3.5.0.4.
>>>
>>> Error msg: pkg install -forge symbolic-2.2.2.tar.g2
>>>
>>> error: get_forge_pkg: package not found: "symbolic-2.2.2.tar.g2". M
>>>
>>> aybe you meant "symbolic?"
>>>
>>> error: called from
>>>
>>>     get_forge_pkg at line 74 column 9
>>>
>>>     get_forge_download at line 26 column 12
>>>
>>>     pkg at line 393 column 29. Any help would be appreciated. Gerry
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> should that be tar.gz  not tar.g2?
>>>
>>The current working directory needs to be the same place that you saved the 
>>file. You can change the working directory with the cd command. Typing PWD 
>>will tell you the current working directory. In the new octave GUI you can 
>>use the file / folder tree in the upper left to navigate to the file.
>>Oh, and please keep the mailing list in the email chain.
>>
>>Nick J.
>When you use the -forge option, Octave expects that you are giving the
>name of a package, and it will download the current version to build and 
>install.  There isn’t a package named "symbolic-2.2.2.tar.g2” or even 
>"symbolic-2.2.2.tar.gz”.
>
>Leave the -forge flag off if you want to install from a local source archive.
>
>—AKH
>
>
>
Is the below useful?

http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Symbolic-package-for-Octave-td4670576.html


Tatsuro


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