Re: Installing packages in octave on Ubuntu 12.04

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith]

On 12/23/2012 06:01 PM, Clydee wrote:
> Jordi,
> 
> Under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
> 
>>From the Octave manual, it tells me that I can download octave packages and
> install them simply with 
> 
> for example...
> 
> pkg install controll-1.0.11.tar.gz  
> 
> and I get Permission denied.  
> 
> Attempting the same wtih pkg install -forge control
> 
> returns 
> warning: file -forge does not exist
> warning: file control does not exist
> 
> Ubuntu software center knows nothing about Octave packages.

Did you try the synaptics package manager?

I must admit that my experience is with ubuntu 10, not 12.