For the record, I unistalled octave and then reinstalled and downloaded a fresh xraylib package. I get exactly the same behavior as before. Possibly the issue is related to the error message
rm: cannot lstat `libxrl.a': No such file or directory Not sure where to proceed from here ... probably going to give up. Larry -----Original Message----- From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA [mailto:tmacch...@yahoo.co.jp] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 9:42 PM To: llu...@niu.edu; octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [OctDev] does "pkg install" work for the windows version Hello I have tried to install the package. I have extract xraylib-1.0.8 at c:\tmp ans pkg install at c:\tmo octave:3> pkg install xraylib-1.0.8 -verbose <snip> copyfile C:\tmp\xraylib-1.0.8\src\xraylib.oct C:\tmp\xraylib-1.0.8\inst\i686-pc-mingw32-api-v37 octave:8> help AtomicWeight `AtomicWeight' is a function from the file C:\Programs\Octave\3.2.4_gcc-4.4.0\libexec\octave\packages\xraylib-1.0.8\i68 6-pc-mingw32-api-v37\xraylib.oct -- Loadable Function: A = AtomicWeight (Z) Return the atomic mass of an element with atomic number Z. Additional help for built-in functions and operators is available in the on-line version of the manual. Use the command `doc <topic>' to search the manual index. Help and information about Octave is also available on the WWW at http://www.octave.org and via the h...@octave.org mailing list. >pkg load xraylib > AtomicWeight(3) ans = 6.9400 worked for me. I do not why you failed. Regards Tatsuro --- Laurence Lurio wrote: > I ran pkg list. This shows the following output. > > octave-3.2.4.exe:13> pkg list > Package Name | Version | Installation directory > -------------------+---------+----------------------- > gnuplot *| 1.0.1 | ...\share\octave\packages\gnuplot-1.0.1 > image *| 1.0.10 | ...\share\octave\packages\image-1.0.10 > integration *| 1.0.7 | ...\share\octave\packages\integration-1.0.7 > miscellaneous *| 1.0.9 | ...\share\octave\packages\miscellaneous-1.0. > optim *| 1.0.12 | ...\share\octave\packages\optim-1.0.12 > physicalconstants *| 0.1.7 | ...\octave\packages\physicalconstants-0.1.7 > symbolic *| 1.0.9 | ...\share\octave\packages\symbolic-1.0.9 > xraylib | 1.0.8 | ...\share\octave\packages\xraylib-1.0.8 > > The xraylib package does not have a "*" so I ran > > pkg load xraylib > > The output then changed to > xraylib *| 1.0.8 | ...\share\octave\packages\xraylib-1.0.8 > > However when I try to run a function, I still do not get anything, e.g. > > octave-3.2.4.exe:6> AtomicWeight(3) > error: `AtomicWeight' undefined near line 6 column 1 > > > > -------------------------------------- Get the new Internet Explorer 8 optimized for Yahoo! JAPAN http://pr.mail.yahoo.co.jp/ie8/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
