Hello

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure: error: Could not run mkoctfile

If the error messages do appear, you cannot install any octave-forge packages.

Did you try other packages?

Regards

Tatsuro 

--- Durga Ganesh Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to install symbolic toolbox on octave-3.0.1. But getting the
> following error message.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> octave:1> pkg -verbose install symbolic-1.0.5.tar.gz
> 
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> configure: error: Could not run mkoctfile
> mkdir (/tmp/oct-Fb6uTB)
> untar (symbolic-1.0.5.tar.gz, /tmp/oct-Fb6uTB)
> 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... mkoctfile
> error: called from `pkg:configure_make' in file
> /usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m near line 1232, column 2
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
> 
> 
> Please help me.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Ganesh
> 
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