nit_ar wrote:
> Thank you very much for your work and this new version.
> 
> I have noticed that image package in not bundled with the octvave-3.0.5 
> mingw distribution.
> It is mentioned in the readme that the mingw compiler and tools are 
> bundled with the distribution so I have downloaded the image package 
> source (ver 1.0.8 which was bundled with previous octave-3.0.2 Mingw 
> distribution) and have tried to install it by myself by typing
> 
> pkg install image-1.0.8.tar.gz
> 
> in the octave console prompt where the package is located in the current 
> dir.
> 
> I have got errors probably because the environment vars for the compiler 
> are not set:
> 
>  > pkg install image-1.0.8.tar.gz
> configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> See `config.log' for more details.
> error: the configure script returned the following error: checking for 
> gcc... no
> checking for cc... no
> checking for cl.exe... no
> error: called from `pkg:configure_make' in file C:\Program 
> Files\OctaveMingw\3.0.5_gcc-4.3.0\share\octave\3.0.5\m\pkg\pkg.m near 
> line 1237, column 2

Hmm, I cannot reproduce this error. However, I get an other error later 
on in linking wrt missing symbols from imagemagick libraries.
Strange, since the same links nicely in the development branch (here 
using imagemagick of course).

I need to do some more checking here.

> 
> Can someone support me with simple instructions how to config the 
> octave-3.0.5 mingw distribution such that I will be able to install 
> packages ?
> 

It should be simply "pkg install whatever-package". In reality it seems 
not as simple as this though... sigh.

benjamin

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