As per you suggestion I have downloaded image-1.0.11.tar.gz
and did
sudo cp image-1.0.11.tar.gz /usr/share/octave/packages
then I ran octave from terminal: After changing the current directory to /usr/share/octave/packages, I ran the commend below in command window
pkg install image-1.0.11.tar.gz
It also produces the same error as was with image-2.6.1.tar.gz
"pkg: error running `make' for the image package.
error: called from 'configure_make' in file /usr/share/octave/4.0.2/m/pkg/private/configure_make.m near line 96, column 9"
Unfortunately by running "pkg install image-1.0.11.tar.gz" an older file named image-2.6.1.tar.gz is not there in the folder /usr/share/octave/packages
But, a new file named octave-workspace is created in /usr/share/octave/packages folder
If you tell us which system you are running we could eventually
suggest other solutions.
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS