[bug #68213] No documentation shown in octave 11 built from source

Rik <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:04:28 -0400 (EDT)

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Follow-up Comment #3, bug #68213 (group octave):

I went through my build system, Kubuntu 24.04 based on Debian as your system
also appears to be, and I have no problems.

I will suggest some debugging steps and maybe something will turn up.

1) Make sure you have all Octave dependencies for building.

apt-get build-dep octave

2) Do minimal build

tar xf octave-11.1.0.tar.gz
mkdir octave-build
cd octave-build
../octave-11.1.0/configure --prefix=$HOME/local |& tee myconfig.log

2a) Inspect *myconfig.log*

Building documentation should be enabled. Look in the logfile for keyword
"warning".

make |& tee mymake.log

2b) Inspect build-directory *doc/interpreter*.

The build directory should be empty. Octave ships documentation in the source
directory that does not need to be re-compiled. If it has been re-compiled
then there could be an issue with time stamps on your filesystem.

2c) Inspect *mymake.log*

Look in the logfile for any keyword "warning". Also look for any signs that
the documentation was re-built. Per above, this should not happen.

3) Install minimal build

make install |& tee myinstall.log

3a) Inspect directory *$HOME/local/share/octave/11.1.0/doc/*

This should contain

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 552960 mars 27 18:19 octave_interpreter.qhc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5222400 mars 27 18:19 octave_interpreter.qch

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