Re: Mac OS ver 4.4.1 - Cannot install any packages

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

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

> From: llopez04 
> To: help-octave
> Cc: 
> Date: 2019/3/30, Sat 04:57
> Subject: Mac OS ver 4.4.1 - Cannot install any packages
> 
> Hey folks, tried searching for this issue but didn't come across anything
> helpful.
> 
> I've just installed ver 4.4.1 in my Mac, running Mojave.  Was previously
> running version 3.8 of Octave.
> 
> When I went to install a package (mapping) I got the following error:
> 
>>>  pkg install -forge mapping
> configure: error: in
> `/var/folders/m1/6dyc8zjx10x4sgszlhg5tsfm0000gn/T/oct-NslrKR/mapping-1.2.1/src':
> configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details
> checking whether the C++ compiler works... no
> 
> pkg: error running the configure script for mapping.
> error: called from
>     configure_make at line 82 column 9
>     install at line 184 column 7
>     pkg at line 437 column 9
> 
> tried a different package (linear-algebra) and pretty much got the same
> thing.
> 
>>>  pkg install -forge linear-algebra
> configure: error: in
> `/var/folders/m1/6dyc8zjx10x4sgszlhg5tsfm0000gn/T/oct-B1e1PB/linear-algebra/src':
> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details
> checking for gcc... clang
> checking whether the C compiler works... no
> 
> pkg: error running the configure script for linear-algebra.
> error: called from
>     configure_make at line 82 column 9
>     install at line 184 column 7
>     pkg at line 437 column 9
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated, I'm sure it is something with the machine,
> not necessarily the Octave install.
> 
> L.



I am not a mac user.
But error messages clearly states  that C and C++ compilers are not detected.

Did you install build environments in your mac?

Tatsuro