Hi. I am a long-time Matlab user but looking to transition to Octave.  I
have installed Octave 3.0.5 on Ubuntu 9.10 and am attempting to install the
Java package but am getting the error below. Can anyone advise on the
problem and/or potential solution?

Thanks,
Ken




*octave:1>  pkg install java-1.2.6.tar.gz*
configure: WARNING: no mkoctfile found on path
./configure: line 2870: conftest.cc: command not found
configure: error: Could not run
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... no
error: called from `pkg:configure_make' in file
/usr/share/octave/3.0.5/m/pkg/pkg.m near line 1235, column 2
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