Re: xlsread in Octave.

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--- anudeep.varada
> Hello All,
> 
> Configuration:
> Windows 7
> Octave 4.2.1
> IO Package 2.4.5
> 
> I am having trouble in using xlsread function in Octave. I went through this
> post,
> 
> http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Importing-data-from-excel-file-td4672917.html#a4673091
> <http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Importing-data-from-excel-file-td4672917.html#a4673091>
>   
> 
> Search for package list shows, io package available. As "PhilipNienhuis"
> suggested in the previous post about the required "windows package" he
> suggested to use,
> 
> cd ( [ OCTAVE_HOME  filesep  "src"]) 
> pkg  install  -auto  windows-1.2.1.tar.gz 
> 
> to install from the Octave installation directory,
> 
> I am not quite sure how to do that.
> 
> Am I supposed to run those in the command line or Octave.
> 
> Either way I'm getting the following error
> 
> "error: C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.1\src: No such file or directory" --> Octave
> command line
> 
> "The system cannot find the path specified" --> Command line
> 
> Am I missing something else? 
> 
> 
> Thanks in Advance
windows binary ships pre-build io and windows packages.

before use packages, you have to load them. 

>> pkg load io windows

before use of io packge.

Tatsuro