GreaterCore
January 8th, 2009, 08:21 AM
Hi guys,
I have recently updated to Ubuntu 8.10 from Ubuntu 8.04 and I seem to have broken my copy of Octave. Currently typing "octave" alone points to an obsolete copy of Octave, while typing in "octave3.0" allows me to load up to Octave 3.0.1 but with the following error message:
error: structure has no member `archprefix'
error: evaluating argument list element number 1
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2141, column 11
error: called from `pkg:getarchdir' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2221, column 12
error: evaluating for command near line 2215, column 3
error: called from `pkg:load_packages_and_dependencies' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: called from `pkg:load_packages' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating switch command near line 269, column 3
error: called from `pkg' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: near line 27 of file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/startup/octaverc'
I have tried removing and reinstalling the package but this did not fix the problem.
I have tried to install the octave-forge packages and failed miserably. Now I cannot even remove them. I have installed 'octave-ad', 'octave-audio' and 'octave-gsl'.
When I try to run 'sudo apt-get -f install', I get the following message:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up octave-ad (1.0.2-1) ...
error: structure has no member `archprefix'
error: evaluating argument list element number 1
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2141, column 11
error: called from `pkg:getarchdir' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2221, column 12
error: evaluating for command near line 2215, column 3
error: called from `pkg:load_packages_and_dependencies' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: called from `pkg:load_packages' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating switch command near line 269, column 3
error: called from `pkg' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: near line 27 of file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/startup/octaverc'
dpkg: error processing octave-ad (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up octave-audio (1.1.1-1) ...
error: structure has no member `archprefix'
error: evaluating argument list element number 1
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2141, column 11
error: called from `pkg:getarchdir' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2221, column 12
error: evaluating for command near line 2215, column 3
error: called from `pkg:load_packages_and_dependencies' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: called from `pkg:load_packages' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating switch command near line 269, column 3
error: called from `pkg' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: near line 27 of file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/startup/octaverc'
dpkg: error processing octave-audio (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up octave-gsl (1.0.6-2) ...
error: structure has no member `archprefix'
error: evaluating argument list element number 1
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2141, column 11
error: called from `pkg:getarchdir' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2221, column 12
error: evaluating for command near line 2215, column 3
error: called from `pkg:load_packages_and_dependencies' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: called from `pkg:load_packages' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating switch command near line 269, column 3
error: called from `pkg' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: near line 27 of file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/startup/octaverc'
dpkg: error processing octave-gsl (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
octave-ad
octave-audio
octave-gsl
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I would really like to have it fixed, but the solutions on the online forums have eluded me so far. I tried running 'pkg rebuild' from within Octave and it did not work.
Help!
I have recently updated to Ubuntu 8.10 from Ubuntu 8.04 and I seem to have broken my copy of Octave. Currently typing "octave" alone points to an obsolete copy of Octave, while typing in "octave3.0" allows me to load up to Octave 3.0.1 but with the following error message:
error: structure has no member `archprefix'
error: evaluating argument list element number 1
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2141, column 11
error: called from `pkg:getarchdir' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2221, column 12
error: evaluating for command near line 2215, column 3
error: called from `pkg:load_packages_and_dependencies' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: called from `pkg:load_packages' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating switch command near line 269, column 3
error: called from `pkg' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: near line 27 of file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/startup/octaverc'
I have tried removing and reinstalling the package but this did not fix the problem.
I have tried to install the octave-forge packages and failed miserably. Now I cannot even remove them. I have installed 'octave-ad', 'octave-audio' and 'octave-gsl'.
When I try to run 'sudo apt-get -f install', I get the following message:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up octave-ad (1.0.2-1) ...
error: structure has no member `archprefix'
error: evaluating argument list element number 1
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2141, column 11
error: called from `pkg:getarchdir' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2221, column 12
error: evaluating for command near line 2215, column 3
error: called from `pkg:load_packages_and_dependencies' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: called from `pkg:load_packages' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating switch command near line 269, column 3
error: called from `pkg' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: near line 27 of file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/startup/octaverc'
dpkg: error processing octave-ad (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up octave-audio (1.1.1-1) ...
error: structure has no member `archprefix'
error: evaluating argument list element number 1
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2141, column 11
error: called from `pkg:getarchdir' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2221, column 12
error: evaluating for command near line 2215, column 3
error: called from `pkg:load_packages_and_dependencies' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: called from `pkg:load_packages' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating switch command near line 269, column 3
error: called from `pkg' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: near line 27 of file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/startup/octaverc'
dpkg: error processing octave-audio (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up octave-gsl (1.0.6-2) ...
error: structure has no member `archprefix'
error: evaluating argument list element number 1
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2141, column 11
error: called from `pkg:getarchdir' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2221, column 12
error: evaluating for command near line 2215, column 3
error: called from `pkg:load_packages_and_dependencies' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: called from `pkg:load_packages' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: evaluating switch command near line 269, column 3
error: called from `pkg' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/pkg/pkg.m'
error: near line 27 of file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/startup/octaverc'
dpkg: error processing octave-gsl (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
octave-ad
octave-audio
octave-gsl
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I would really like to have it fixed, but the solutions on the online forums have eluded me so far. I tried running 'pkg rebuild' from within Octave and it did not work.
Help!