GDAL package error message at install

[Lester Anderson]

Hello,

I need to install GDAL for use with the mapping package, but when I
try the install I get:

>> pkg install gdal-2.0.2.tar.gz -auto
package is missing file: COPYING
error: called from 'verify_directory' in file
C:\octave\octave-4.0.0\share\octave\4.0.0\m\pkg\private\verify_directory.m
near line
30, column 7
>>

Any ideas what the problem is and how it is fixed? I did install
mapping fine (but removed it) however it disabled raster read/write.

Thanks
Lester