On 8/12/12 8:00 PM, Michael Pender wrote: > I installed Octave successfully and am trying to learn how to make oct > files to accelerate some long simulations. However, whenever I use the > mkoctfile command I get this error message: > > octave:20> mkoctfile > sh: /sw/bin/mkoctfile-3.6.2: No such file or directory > warning: unable to find mkoctfile in expected location: > `/sw/bin/mkoctfile-3.6.2' > warning: mkoctfile exited with failure status > > I'm guessing that something isn't placed in the right location, so I > tried changing directory to /sw/share/octave/3.6.2/m/miscellaneous, but > it doesn't make any difference. I'm new to oct files, so I'm not sure > how this is supposed to work. Any recommendations? > > >
/sw/bin/mkoctfile is a symlink. Changing the path isn't going to do anything. It's supposed to be installed by an octaveN-dev package. I saw this error message recently when I was testing a build for an Octave Forge upstream, but I can't seem to reproduce the package setup which triggered it. What do you get from "ls -l /sw/bin/mkoctfile*" ? -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
