From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Tue Dec 23 15:02:12 2003
Subject: Re: mkoctfile question on OS X
From: Per Persson <persquare at mac dot com>
To: "James A. Smith" <jasmith at cim dot mcgill dot ca>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 22:00:21 +0100

This is a problem with fink. It has to my knowledge been fixed in CVS,  
but the changes might not have made it to the point release you are  
using.
Update package descriptions from CVS (see fink docs/FAQ)
or
add a missing symlink
/sw/lib/libdfftw.dylib -> libdfftw.2.0.5.dylib
Create a link with: sudo ln -s /sw/lib/libdfftw.2.0.5.dylib  
/sw/lib/libdfftw.dylib

Caveat: I don't know if this will mess up fink, it might.

HTH,
Per


On Dec 23, 2003, at 20:37, James A. Smith wrote:

> Hi, folks,
>
> I installed Octave on a fresh copy of OS X Panther and am trying to
> configure octave-forge.  Unfortunately, I'm having issues during
> configuration, like this:
>
> maxilla2:~/Desktop/Downloads/octave-forge-2003.06.02 jasmith$  
> ./configure
> creating cache ./config.cache
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for mkoctfile... mkoctfile
> ld: can't locate file for: -ldfftw
> configure: error: Could not run mkoctfile
>
> What is a mkoctfile? (/sw/bin/mkoctfile)
> mkoctfile -- create a .oct file suitable for dynamic linking by Octave
>
> So, I'm not sure what file it can't find.  My PATH looks like
> "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Users/jasmith:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/ 
> sw/sbin"
>
> Is there some directory that I'm missing?
>
> Thanks!
>
> James
>
>
>
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