Compiler for package installation

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Tue, 9/16/08, djacobson <djacobson at mepcinc.com> wrote:

> From: djacobson <djacobson at mepcinc.com>
> Subject: Compiler for package installation
> To: help-octave at octave.org
> Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 1:55 PM
> When i try to install several packages i get the following
> error. For
> example:
> 
> octave-3.1.50.exe:5>pkg install
> "miscellaneous-1.0.7.tar.gz"
> returns:
> *configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> *See 'config.log' for more details.
> *the configure script returned the following error:
> checking for gcc...no
> *checking for acc... no
> *checking for cl.exe... no
> *error: called from 'configure_make' in file
> C:\Program
> Files\Octavechare\octave\3.1.50\m\pkg\pkg.m
> near *line 1238, column 2
> *error: evaluating switch command near line 275, column 1
> *error: called from 'pkg' in file
> 'C:\Program
> Files\Octavechare\octave\3.1.50\m\pkg\pkg.m'
> 
> i have installed Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 and cl.exe is
> located in
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 9.0\VC\bin.  how do i tell Octave
> this? 
> 
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I am not a windows guy, but have you tried to modify PATH environment
variable to also point to 

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin

?

Regards,
  Sergei.