*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1403184 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1403184
Thanks for your bug report. This is actually a duplicate of bug #1403184
that you reported earlier. The missing function in question,
__sl_mb05nd__, should be in the compiled oct-file
I fixed it. The step function worked on my server which runs Trusty. I
looked at the difference in files, and found that using a file from an
older version of octave-control worked.
Specifically, my server had the following
aidan@aidan-server:~$ dpkg -l | grep octave-control
ii octave-control