Re: pkg: error running the configure script for communications.

On 1/13/21 11:20 AM, Navneet Battan wrote:
> Thanks Markus for quick response.
> 
> Warm Regards,
> Navneet
> 
> 
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 at 19:41, Markus Mützel <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     Am 13. Januar 2021 um 14:11 Uhr schrieb "Navneet Battan":
>     > Updating complete error. I have tried installing hdf5 using "sudo
>     port install hdf5", but no luck.
>     > [...]
>     > >> pkg install -forge -verbose communications
>     > [...]
>     > checking for HDF5... no
>     > checking for H5Fopen in -lhdf5... no
>     > configure: error: hdf5 not found
> 
>     I'm not exactly sure how that homebrew magic works. It might be that
>     hdf5 has to be part of the app?
>     Maybe you'll get better help reporting errors with installation on
>     MacOS here:
>     https://github.com/octave-app/octave-app/issues?q=is%3Aissue+forge
>     <https://github.com/octave-app/octave-app/issues?q=is%3Aissue+forge>
> 
>     It looks like communication 1.2.2 installed successfully for others:
>     https://github.com/octave-app/octave-app/issues/147#issuecomment-586548525
>     <https://github.com/octave-app/octave-app/issues/147#issuecomment-586548525>

> t might be that
>     hdf5 has to be part of the app?

Octave.app ships with hdf5 included; don't know why it's not working.
Might be a macOS Big Sur problem? That's what Navneet is running, and I
haven't tested Octave.app there. Looking in to it.

Cheers,
Andrew