RE: packages upload

[Daniel Gmail]

Great it worked.

 

I re-installed octave on C:/octave. Then I made the changes to the octaverc file as suggested. Finally I ran the command pkg install -forge -global econometrics.

 

I got the following message:

For information about changes from previous versions of the econometrics package, run 'news econometrics'.

 

Then I ran the command pkg list, and econometrics was part of the list.

 

Thanks very much for helping me.

 

Just another question if you have time. Is it possible to install octave on an Ipad? Do you have any recommendations regarding the app to choose from?

 

Daniel

 

De : Nicholas Jankowski <jankowski.nicholas@gmail.com>
Envoyé : mercredi, 28 septembre 2022 19:58
À : Daniel Gmail <daniel1mosca@gmail.com>
Cc : Octave help <help@octave.org>; Dmitri A. Sergatskov <dasergatskov@gmail.com>
Objet : Re: packages upload

 

>> setenv("TEMP", "C:/temp")

>> setenv("TMP", "C:/temp")

>> pkg install -forge econometrics

 

cp: target '"C:/Users/Maintenant Pr'$'\303\252''t/AppData/Roaming/octave/api-v57/packages/econometrics-1.1.2"' is not a directory

 

ok, this verifies that the symbols in your username are preventing it from putting the package file in the 'local' location, even when you have a different temp folder specified for any package prep.

  

>> pkg install -forge -global econometrics-1.1.2.tar.gz

 

error: get_forge_pkg: package not found: "econometrics-1.1.2.tar.gz".  Did you mean "econometrics"?

 

as it suggests, that shouldn't be expected to work.  -forge tells it to go get the most recent version of a package using its name (econometrics).  "econometrics-1.1.2.tar.gz" is just a filename that contains that package, but it is not a package name.

 

>> pkg install -forge -global econometrics 

error: couldn't create installation directory C:\PROGRA~1\GNUOCT~3\mingw64\share\octave\packages\econometrics-1.1.2 : Permission denied

 

this would be expected to work. but it appears you don't have user write permission to the Program Files installation folder.  I'm guessing you had to install using Administrative privilege escalation? ( a "do you give this program permission to make changes" message during installation)  In that case you would have to "Run as Administrator" to be allowed to install packages to the -global location inside Program Folders.

 

3. Dmitri procedure but with pkg install -forge -global econometrics

>> setenv("TEMP", "C:/temp")

>> setenv("TMP", "C:/temp")

>> pkg install -forge -global econometrics

error: couldn't create installation directory C:\PROGRA~1\GNUOCT~3\mingw64\share\octave\packages\econometrics-1.1.2 : Permission denied

error: called from

    install>copy_files at line 522 column 7

    install at line 237 column 7

    pkg at line 612 column 9

 

same as above, and that's about all the information needed to know what's going on.

 

Summary - you can't use your user folder because of non-standard username characters for either temp space or package installation. you can't do package installation in the 'global' location as a user because of permission/security limitations. 

 

My suggestions:

1 - make the tempdir changes 'permanent' by adding the lines 

setenv("TEMP", "C:/temp")

setenv("TMP", "C:/temp")

to a file named .octaverc which will be run at startup. the locations where Octave checks for a .octaverc file is listed in the documentation here:

 https://docs.octave.org/latest/Startup-Files.html

based on your permissions issues I'm not certain which of those would be best for you to use.

 

2 - stick with octave installed to Program Files, and only do package installation after starting octave with 'Run as Administrator".  You _should_ be able to install packages using -global and either a local .tar.gz file or with the -forge <packagename> option.

 

3 - Use a different location to install Octave.  C:\Octave is generally recommended for these cases. If you have issues doing this without administrative permissions, there are zip packages instead of the exe installers available, and you can follow the guidance here for manual installs: https://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Microsoft_Windows  

that should allow you to use either -global package install method, assuming your system gives you user write access to the new install location.