Re: control-3.2.0.tar.gz installation problem

Am 10. November 2020 um 07:25 Uhr schrieb "Torsten Lilge via Help-octave":
> On Mon, 2020-11-09 at 22:12 -0600, SGM wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to install control package and I am facing following
> > problem:
[...]
> > couldn't delete directory
> > C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\control-3.1.0:
> > Permission
> > denied
> > error: called from
> >     uninstall at line 120 column 11
> >     install at line 205 column 9
> >     pkg at line 441 column 9
> >
> > Request help for resolution.
> >
> > Regards
> >
>
> The warnings on deprecated LFLAGS are already fixed in a development
> branch in the package's hg repositorium.
>
> The core problem that prevents a successful installation is the missing
> permissions for the install directory of your currently installed
> control package 3.1.0
> (C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages\control-3.1.0).
> Could you try to install the packages as administrator?
>
> Best regards
> Torsten
>

Alternatively, you could try installing it as a local package:
pkg install -local control-3.2.0.tar.gz

Or you could use GNU Octave 5.2.0 for Windows which already includes control 3.2.0.

HTH,
Markus