Re: PKG install under Windows (access right issue?)

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

----- Original Message -----

> From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA 
> To: User1116 ; "help-octave
> Cc: 
> Date: 2015/8/27, Thu 18:06
> Subject: Re: PKG install under Windows (access right issue?)
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
>>  From: User1116 
>>  To: help-octave
>>  Cc: 
>>  Date: 2015/8/26, Wed 23:47
>>  Subject: PKG install under Windows Mingw setup
>> 
>>  Hello,
>> 
>>  I am getting several errors like the one below when trying to install the
>>  instrument-control package:
>> 
>>  cp: cannot create regular file
>> 
> `C:/users/adamro1/octave/instrument-control-0.2.1/i686-w64-mingw32-api-v50+/gpib.oct':
>>  Permission denied
>> 
>>  Ending with:
>> 
>>  couldn't copy files to the installation directory
>>  error: called from 'copy_files' in file
>> 
> C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\4.0.0\m\pkg\private\copy_files.m 
> 
>>  near
>>  line 43, column 7
>> 
>>  I'm running on Octave-4.0.0 which I installed from the available 
> installer. 
>>  I've set the pkg prefix command to use a directory in my user account 
> to
>>  avoid any UAC issues.  I set both the installation prefix and the
>>  architecture dependent prefix to the same directory
>>  (C:/users/adamro1/octave)
>>  I've also tried editing the home directory but haven't found a 
>>  combination
>>  that makes this work.  
>> 
>>  Can anyone help with this issue?  
>> 
> 
> 
> First, I do not have an answer.
> 
> I would like to state my trials.
> 
> I have tried to install instrument-control package without setting pkg prefix
> on octave-4.0.0 on windows running on windows 7 64 bit.
> The UAC setting is default. (No change was made by the control panel.)
> 
>>>  pkg install -forge instrument-control
> 
> was successful.
> 
> Therefore install itself seem not to be a problem.
> 
>>  cp: cannot create regular file
>> 
> `C:/users/adamro1/octave/instrument-control-0.2.1/i686-w64-mingw32-api-v50+/gpib.oct':
>>  Permission denied
> 
> From the error message that you have shown, perhaps it is an access right 
> issue.
> (Seem not to have write access so that files were not able to be copied.)
> 
> Sorry I do not have much knowledge about UAC issue so that I cannot reply 
> further.


I have tried to install to C:/Users/Tatsu/octave. (Tatsu is my user account 
name)


>> pkg prefix C:/Users/Tatsu/octave C:/Users/Tatsu/octave
ans = C:/Users/Tatsu/octave
>> pkg prefix
Installation prefix:             C:/Users/Tatsu/octave
Architecture dependent prefix:   C:/Users/Tatsu/octave
>> pkg install -forge instrument-control
For information about changes from previous versions of the instrument-control 
packa
ge, run 'news instrument-control'.

The folder "C:\Users\Tatsu\octave\instrument-control-0.2.1" is created and all 
files seems to be copied.

How did you start windows? As an administrator?

I executed the above with administrative privilege.
 


Tatsuro