Re: installing pkg is a PAIN

[Mateusz Kuśmierz]

After installing liboctave-dev:


>> pkg install -forge io
sh: 1: make: not found

pkg: error running `make' for the io package.
error: called from
    configure_make at line 99 column 9
    install at line 186 column 7
    pkg at line 437 column 9
>>



running on Ubuntu 18.10



On 14.02.2019 11:43, Mateusz Kuśmierz wrote:
> 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
> >>