Downloaded packages from http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20Forge%20Packages/
then from Octave...
pkg install statistics-1.2.2.tar.gz
statistics needs io >= 1.0.18
pkg install io-1.2.5.tar.gz
lots of errors(mkoctfile not found)
octave:2> ver
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GNU Octave Version 3.6.4
GNU Octave License: GNU General Public License
Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-57-generic-pae #87-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 12 21:57:43 UTC 2013 i686
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no packages installed.
octave:7> pkg install statistics-1.2.2.tar.gz
error: the following dependencies where unsatisfied:
statistics needs io >= 1.0.18
octave:7> pkg install io-1.2.5.tar.gz
make: mkoctfile: Command not found
make: *** [csvexplode.oct] Error 127
'make' returned the following error: make: Entering directory `/tmp/oct-JWSn8i/io/src'
mkoctfile csvexplode.cc
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/oct-JWSn8i/io/src'
error: called from 'pkg>configure_make' in file /usr/share/octave/3.6.4/m/pkg/pkg.m near line 1391, column 9
error: called from:
error: /usr/share/octave/3.6.4/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 834, column 5
error: /usr/share/octave/3.6.4/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 383, column 9
Note:
"sudo apt-get install octave-pkg-dev" will uninstall my ver of Octave 3.6.4 and install an older version 3.2.4. Any package that I try to install with "sudo apt-get install octave-XXXXX" will do this.
trying:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/194151/how-do-you-install-the-latest-version-of-gnu-octave
http://openems.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=52 and the sudo octave to install: http://skramm.blogspot.com/2013/03/octaveubuntu-problems-installing.html
ver:
GNU Octave Version 3.6.4
GNU Octave License: GNU General Public License
Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-57-generic-pae #87-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 12 21:57:43 UTC 2013 i686
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Package Name | Version | Installation directory
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io | 1.2.5 | /usr/share/octave/packages/io-1.2.5
statistics | 1.2.2 | /usr/share/octave/packages/statistics-1.2.2
says statistics 1.2.2 is there now, but the files that should be present(on the list), that I need, are not. ?? ie normplot
The problem is that you didn't load your packages. When you type pkg list you can find which ones are loaded by an asterisk in front of their names. Load a package with pkg load statistics.
Having to load a packages is that thing that most users find strange but if you compare with other languages, such as Python, Perl, or C++, would you expect them to import, use, or #include every libraries available in the system by default? See Octave's FAQ for more details.