Re: cannot install package parallel

[Mike Miller]

On Fri, Feb 05, 2016 at 15:59:23 -0800, Clinton Winant wrote:
> OS Linux Mint Cinnamon 17.3
> Octave 4.0.0
> liboctave-dev installed
> octave packages control & signal installed properly
> 
> Identical issue on Linux Mint and Ubuntu 14.04
> 
> >> pkg install -forge -verbose parallel
> mkdir (/tmp/oct-pQhGyQ)
> untar (/home/cdw/parallel-3.0.3.tar.gz, /tmp/oct-pQhGyQ)
> checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
> checking for C++ compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
> checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
> checking for mkoctfile... /usr/bin/mkoctfile --verbose
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
> checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
> checking for sys/types.h... yes
> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
> checking for stdlib.h... yes
> checking for string.h... yes
> checking for memory.h... yes
> checking for strings.h... yes
> checking for inttypes.h... yes
> checking for stdint.h... yes
> checking for unistd.h... yes
> checking gnutls/gnutls.h usability... no
> checking gnutls/gnutls.h presence... no
> checking for gnutls/gnutls.h... no
> configure: error: gnutls/gnutls.h not found or not compilable
> 
> Where to find gnutils?

On Mint or Ubuntu, maybe you should try installing the distribution
packages instead?

Try installing octave-control, octave-signal, and octave-parallel in
your package manager of choice (apt-get, synaptic, ubuntu software
center).

-- 
mike