pkg: error running `make' for the control package.
error: called from
configure_make at line 99 column 9
install at line 190 column 7
pkg at line 441 column 9
/Users/mariajcasas/.octaverc at line 32 column 9
What operating system? If Windows, we have had issues with certain security settings/software preventing build/execution within the users profile temp folder. We have been able to work around this by setting the temp directory to something else. E.g., I have created a folder: C:\Octave\temp, and then i run:
setenv('tmpdir','c:\Octave\Temp\')
after which I am able to install packages that require compilation. (I also added that setenv line to the .octaverc file in my User folder so that it runs on startup)