Mercurial > octave-nkf
changeset 8215:518789a0539d
FAQ entry about split development packages in distributions
| author | Thomas Weber <thomas.weber.mail@gmail.com> |
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| date | Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:34:56 -0400 |
| parents | 263261b2124f |
| children | 5d6b9311be38 |
| files | doc/faq/Octave-FAQ.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/faq/Octave-FAQ.texi Tue Oct 14 13:26:09 2008 -0400 +++ b/doc/faq/Octave-FAQ.texi Tue Oct 14 14:34:56 2008 -0400 @@ -649,6 +649,24 @@ If you have obtained your copy of Octave from a distribution please file a bug report requesting that the fix reported in the above bug report be included. + +@item +I cannot install a package. Octave complains about a missing @code{mkoctfile}. + +Most distributions split Octave into several packages. The script +@code{mkoctfile} is then part of a separate package: +@itemize @minus +@item +Debian/Ubuntu + +@code{aptitude install octave3.0-headers} + +@item +Fedora + +@code{yum install octave-devel} + +@end itemize @end itemize @node How do I ...?