Zacchaeus Scheffer skribis: > Hi Guix! > > After installing octave, I tried to install the image package in octave in > two ways. One by running: >> pkg install image-.tar.gz > where image-.tar.gz is in my cwd. I also tried installing with: >> pkg install -forge image > In both cases, I had the same problem. The first error I was getting was: >>configure: error: in `/tmp/oct-6RV451/image-2.12.0/src': >>configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables > > This error can be fixed by installing gcc-toolchain. After doing so, > attempting to install image gives: >>ld: cannot find -loctinterp >>ld: cannot find -loctave > repeatedly (full output below). These libraries seem like they should be > included in the octave installation, and also like they should be absolute > paths. I looked for any instance of octinterp in filenames and found these > in the octave install: > ./include/octave-6.2.0/octave/liboctinterp-build-info.h > ./lib/octave/6.2.0/liboctinterp.la > ./lib/octave/6.2.0/liboctinterp.so.8.0.1 > ./lib/octave/6.2.0/liboctinterp.so > ./lib/octave/6.2.0/liboctinterp.so.8 > ./lib/pkgconfig/octinterp.pc > I tried installing image with these in my cwd, but no dice. Even if these > are the correct library files, octave is installing this in my user > directory so the cwd won't be the same. > > I need this to work for a class, so I'm willing to put in some hours (days) > to make this work, but I'm pretty lost if anyone has ideas on where to go > next. > > Thanks, > Zacchae Hi, I was able to build an octave package after specifying the location of the required libraries using the LDFLAGS environment variable: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- export LDFLAGS=-L${GUIX_PROFILE}/lib/octave/6.2.0 octave pkg install xyz.tar.gz pkg load xyz --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- However, it would be better to have an octave-build-system making Guix able to build, install and setup Octave packages (e.g. Octave Forge packages).