Re: error: support for URL transfers was disabled when Octave was built

[Pantxo]

Emlyn Jose wrote
> Hi,
> 
> I have posted a bug yesterday but there is no response.
> 
> I am trying to install Octave-Symbolic in my Redhat6 Environment and
> getting the below error:
> 
> + octave --no-window-system --eval 'pkg install -forge symbolic'
> error: support for URL transfers was disabled when Octave was built
> 
> The tar ball was downloaded from "https://github.com/cbm755/
> octsympy/releases/download/v2.6.0/symbolic-2.6.0.tar.gz".
> 
> The above command was run inside the source after untaring it.
> Did I miss anything here?
> 
> 
> Kindly help to rectify this.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Emlyn Jose
> 
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I think the error says it all: "support for URL transfers was disabled when
Octave was built".
The RedHat package you are using has curl related functions disabled, so you
can't use the "-forge" option to install a package. Since you have
downloaded the package this option is not necessary. Instead you should run

cd where/you/downloaded/package
pkg install symbolic-2.6.0.tar.gz

Does this work?

Pantxo



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