Unable to install packages.

[Ben Abbott]

On Jan 20, 2009, at 10:10 PM, gregf50ster at gmail.com wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have installed octave on my Kubuntu 64 linux box.
>
> I have downloaded a number of packages I would like to install into  
> octave. However, when I do <pkg install "package_name.tar.gz"> at  
> the octave prompt, I get a message:
>
> octave:1> pkg install ad-1.0.4.tar.gz
> parse error:
>
> syntax error
>
> >>> pkg install ad-1.0.4.tar.gz
> ^
>
> octave:1>
>
> Can you help me rectify this?
>
> Thanks.

Its always a good idea to tell us what version of octave you're running.

What do you get when you type "ver" at Octave's command prompt?

Ben