Re: Problem installing the io and statistics packages on Octave 4.0.3 in Debian Jessie

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--- nicanor5
> Here is the result:
> 
> pkg install -verbose io-2.4.2.tar.gz
> mkdir (/tmp/oct-hyvRAL)
> untar (io-2.4.2.tar.gz, /tmp/oct-hyvRAL)
> sh: 1: make: not found
> 
> pkg: error running `make' for the io package.
> error: called from 'configure_make' in file 
> /usr/share/octave/4.0.3/m/pkg/private/configure_make.m near line 96, column 9
> 
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 5:07 PM, address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I installed Octave 4.03 from the Jessie Backports repository with no 
> > problems, but now I'm having problems adding the statistics package.
> >
> > I tried with the Debian package manager, but it fails to tell that I have 
> > Octave 4.0.3 installed:
> >
> > octave-io : Depends: octave (>= 3.8.2) but it is not going to be installed
> > octave-statistics : Depends: octave (>= 3.6.4) but it is not going to be 
> > installed
> >
> > I also tried installing the packages manually from Octave using the pkg 
> > command and the .tar.gz downloaded from the forge, but I get this error 
> > when trying to install the io package:
> >
> > pkg install io-2.4.2.tar.gz
> > sh: 1: make: not found
> >
> > pkg: error running `make' for the io package.
> > error: called from 'configure_make' in file /usr/share/octave/4.0.3/m/pkg/ 
> > private/configure_make.m near line 96, column 9
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you very much.
> >
> > Nicanor García O.
> 
> Try the below and report messages.
> 
> pkg install -verbose io-2.4.2.tar.gz
> 
> 
> For verbose option, see
> help pkg
> 
> Tatsuro
Does your system have "make" ?
If it does not, you have to install it by apt get or something else.

Tatsuro