diff -ur statistics-1.4.0.orig/utils/conditional_installation.m statistics-1.4.0/utils/conditional_installation.m
--- statistics-1.4.0.orig/utils/conditional_installation.m	2018-05-21 07:55:58.881279480 -0400
+++ statistics-1.4.0/utils/conditional_installation.m	2018-05-21 07:58:13.197213866 -0400
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   ## build system, and this file here has to be configured as follows:
   ##
   ## Set this to true if you have considered the next step.
-  configured = false;
+  configured = true;
   ##
   ## If core Octave called at the build system has the same statistics
   ## functions as the core Octave you build for, leave the following