Re: packages upload

Make a folder C:\temp
In octave, do:
setenv("TEMP", "C:/temp")
setenv("TMP", "C:/temp")
pkg install -forge econometrics

Dmitri.
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On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 8:04 PM Daniel Gmail <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Nicolas,
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> Unfortunately it did not work, here are the messages that I get:
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> I tried various methods but was not successful installing the package.
> Note that I do not have winzip but use 7-zip.
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> The temp directory is
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>    1. pkg install econometrics
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> I have copied the extracted file to C:\Program Files\GNUoctavedownload
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> I then switched to Octave and navigated to this directory and launched the
> command pkg install econometrics
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>    1. when I copy the extracted file (econometrics-1.1.2 .tar ) to the
>       above mentioned folder this is the message that I get:
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> >> pkg install econometrics
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> error: pkg: file not found: econometrics.
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> This looks like an Octave Forge package name.  Did you mean:
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>        pkg install -forge econometrics
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> error: called from
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>     pkg at line 589 column 19
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>    1. when I extract the file with 7-zip and copy the extracted file  to
>       the above mentioned folder I get the same message
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>    1. pkg install -forge econometrics
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> In Octave, being always in the directory, I type the above command and get
> the message:
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> >> pkg install -forge econometrics
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> error: unpack: unarchiving program exited with status: 2
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> tar: "/C/Users/Maintenant
> Pr\303\252t/AppData/Local/Temp/econometrics-1.1.2-OnCxGq.tar.gz": Cannot
> open: No such file or directory
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> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
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> error: called from
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>     unpack at line 283 column 5
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>     untar at line 48 column 5
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>     install at line 99 column 9
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>     pkg at line 612 column 9
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>    1. I changed then the location of the temp directory which is now
>    C:\download (after reboot), I get
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> I went to Octave, selected the new temp directory and ran again pkg
> install econometrics-1.1.2.tar.gz
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> 3.a pkg install econometrics-1.1.2.tar.gz
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> pkg install econometrics-1.1.2.tar
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> c:/program files/gnu
> octave/octave-7.2.0/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/11.2.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe:
> cannot find C:\Users\Maintenant: Permission
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> denied
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> c:/program files/gnu
> octave/octave-7.2.0/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/11.2.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe:
> cannot find Prêt\AppData\Local\Temp/oct-Abd
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> Am6.o: No such file or directory
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> collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
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> make: *** [Makefile:8: __kernel_weights.oct] Error 1
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> make: Entering directory '/c/Users/Maintenant
> Prêt/AppData/Local/Temp/oct-q7jPBE/econometrics-1.1.2/src'
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> C:/PROGRA~1/GNUOCT~1/OCTAVE~1.0/mingw64/bin/mkoctfile-7.2.0.exe -Wall
> __kernel_weights.cc
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> make: Leaving directory '/c/Users/Maintenant
> Prêt/AppData/Local/Temp/oct-q7jPBE/econometrics-1.1.2/src'
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> error: pkg: error running 'make' for the econometrics package
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> error: called from
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>     configure_make at line 117 column 9
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>     install at line 202 column 7
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>     pkg at line 612 column 9
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> 3.b if I type pkg install econometrics
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> I get the same message as before:
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> >> pkg install econometrics
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> error: pkg: file not found: econometrics.
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> This looks like an Octave Forge package name.  Did you mean:
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>        pkg install -forge econometrics
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> error: called from
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>     pkg at line 589 column 19
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>    1. using the global command
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> can you give me the exact syntax? Do I have to type in the command window
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> pkg install-global -forge econometrics
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>                 pkg install -forge econometrics -global
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> Thanks
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> Daniel
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> *De :* Nicholas Jankowski <[email protected]>
> *Envoyé :* mardi, 27 septembre 2022 21:16
> *À :* Daniel Gmail <[email protected]>; Octave help <[email protected]>
> *Objet :* Re: packages upload
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> (please keep the help list cc'd on replies)
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> On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 12:26 PM Daniel Gmail <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> Yes it works as well. The problem was probably coming that my computer
> user name had space and strange characters. As long as I install it in a
> folder without space or strange characters (^), it works.
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> Now I have it installed in C:\Program Files\GNU Octave folder.
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> ok, there are knowns issues with nonstandard characters, so maybe that's
> not a surprise.  you may find similar issues with other parts of octave
> that try to make use of your local profile.
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> I have another problem. I tried to download and install the package
> econometrics. But it does not work…
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> I have tried to copy the downloaded file into C:\Program Files\GNU
> Octave\Octave-7.2.0\mingw64\share\octave\packages (in a zipped and in
> unzipped format) and  then use the command pkg install econometrics. But it
> does not work. Although the file is present, I do not see the package
> econometrics when I run the command pkg list
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> Can you help?
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> I will try.  using the short name of the package only works for
> installation if you're asking octave to fetch and install the file from the
> repository.  If you're installing something you've already manually
> downloaded, you should just save the file somewhere convenient and
> temporary (c:\temp or c:\octave might be best if your Desktop may have
> issues because of the username problem above).  then navigate to that
> location using the folder tree in the gui or the CD command in the command
> window. then "pkg install <filename>"  will attempt to install it.
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> alternatively you can try:   pkg install -forge econometrics
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> which should fetch and install the latest version of the package.
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> LAST THING - the above commands will both try to install the package as a
> local or user package, and it will by default put it in your user profile.
> if you have issues, you may want to try a 'global' package install by
> adding the -global to either command above. This will attempt to install it
> in the Octave program folders (where you copied the downloaded file to) for
> all users. This will fail if you don't have write privileges to those
> folders ,though.
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> if that works, you should be able to "pkg load econometrics" and start
> using that package's functions.
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> let us know how that goes.
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