Re: Hash function doesn't work

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

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

> From: evansste 
> To: help-octave
> Cc: 
> Date: 2017/3/31, Fri 09:39
> Subject: Re: Hash function doesn't work
> 
>T hanks, everyone.
> 
> I think I finally see what the problem is.  My version of Octave is still
> too old.  The newer version, which I recently installed on the other
> machine, is version 4.0.3.  So that explains why none of this is working,
> since the hash function is new in version 4.2.
> 
> Anyway, when I type "pkg list" I receive the following:
> 
> Package Name  | Version | Installation directory
> --------------+---------+-----------------------
>           io *|   2.4.2 | /usr/share/octave/packages/io-2.4.2
> 
> After typing "version" I get:
> ans = 4.0.3
> 
> So I think that officially explains it.  If I want to use the hash function,
> I have to install a newer version of Octave -- at least 4.2, or newer.
> 
> Thanks for all of this help.  I appreciate it greatly.
> 
If you want to build octave-4.2.1 on Ubuntu 16.04, the below may be helpful.

https://www.scivision.co/compiling-octave-4-on-ubuntu/


Tatsuro