pkg install problem

[William Christopher Carleton]

I've now installed patch and tried reinstalling octave3.0, but get this error:

octave:1> pkg install odepkg-0.6.4.tar.gz 

configure: WARNING: no mkoctfile found on path

./configure: line 2748: conftest.cc: command not found

configure: error: Could not run 

error: the configure script returned the following error: checking for gcc... gcc

checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out

checking whether the C compiler works... yes

checking whether we are cross compiling... no

checking for suffix of executables... 

checking for suffix of object files... o

checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes

checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes

checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed

checking for mkoctfile... no

error: called from `pkg:configure_make' in file /usr/share/octave/3.0.0/m/pkg/pkg.m near line 1045, column 2

octave:1> exit

what is the mkoctfile? I can't find it and don't know how to add it to my path if I do manage to find it.

C
-----Original Message-----
From: Carlo de Falco <carlo.defalco at gmail.com>
To: William Christopher Carleton <williamcarlet at trentu.ca>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:53:38 +0000
Subject: Re: pkg install problem


On 16/nov/08, at 18:54, William Christopher Carleton wrote:

> I installed the header package and tried reinstalling gcc. The new  
> error when I try pkg install is:
>
> octave:1> pkg install odepkg-0.6.4.tar.gz
>
> /bin/bash: line 2: patch: command not found

the "patch" utility is missing on your system install it with the  
command

sudo apt-get install patch

or via synaptic

c.