installing pkg is a PAIN

[Mateusz Kuśmierz]

Why it is so hard to install?
Why can't it be simplier and clever?

>> pkg list
no packages installed.
>> pkg install signal-1.4.0.tar.gz
error: the following dependencies were unsatisfied:
   signal needs control >= 2.4
>> pkg install data-smoothing-1.3.0.tar.gz
error: the following dependencies were unsatisfied:
   data-smoothing needs optim >= 1.0.3
>> pkg install -forge optim
error: the following dependencies were unsatisfied:
   optim needs struct >= 1.0.12
 optim needs statistics >= 1.4.0
>> pkg install -forge statistics
error: the following dependencies were unsatisfied:
   statistics needs io >= 1.0.18
>> pkg install -forge io
pkg: please install the Debian package "liboctave-dev" to get the 
mkoctfile command
error: called from
    __gripe_missing_component__ at line 53 column 3
    configure_make at line 44 column 7
    install at line 186 column 7
    pkg at line 437 column 9
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