Re: problem with Windows install

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Sat, 8/13/11, bcbob <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: bcbob <address@hidden>
> Subject: problem with Windows install
> To: address@hidden
> Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 1:01 PM
> I am trying to update my version of
> Octave on my Windows PC. I downloaded the
> MingW binary
> Octave-3.2.4_i686-pc-mingw32_gcc-4.4.0_setup.exe
> 
> I ran the installer choosing the default location and
> default packages (in
> particular I did not select the Java development package).
> The install seems
> to run to completion OK.
> 
> I started Octave 3.2.4 from the Windows start menu and it
> opens a command
> window. Everything seems fine until it prints the error
> message below:
> 
> After this if I type something and press return the program
> crashes and the
> window closes.
> 
> I tested my Java runtime engine version and got:
> Java Version: 1.6.0_15 from Sun Microsystems Inc
> 
> I do have a previous version, octave-3.0.3., installed and
> I did not
> uninstall it. It runs OK.
> 
> TIA for any help/suggestions
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> HERE IS THE ERROR MESSAGE:
> ...
> For information about changes from previous versions, type
> `news'.
> 
> error: `java_invoke' undefined near line 36 column 3
> error: called from:
> error:   C:\Program
> Files\Octave\share\octave\packages\java-1.2.5\javaaddpath.m
> at line 36, column 3
> error:   C:\Program
> Files\Octave\libexec\octave\packages\jhandles-0.3.4\i686-pc-
> msdosmsvc-api-v32\PKG_ADD at line 3, column 5
> error:   ?unknown? at line -1, column -1
> octave-3.2.4.exe:1>
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I am not a Windows guy; packages for different versions of 'octave'
can be incompatible.

I'd rather wipe out everything related to 'octave', including all the
packages, and install from scratch.

Regards,
  Sergei.