On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Jeff <address@hidden> wrote:
Doug Stewart <doug.dastew <at> gmail.com> writes:
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> I did on ubuntu 15.10 and
> hg id
> 85dfb551e4cd tip <at> default
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> (today's build)
> and got
>
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> pkg update
> error: cellfun: C must be a cell array
> error: called from
> get_forge_pkg at line 72 column 14
> pkg at line 562 column 27
> >> pkg list
> Package Name | Version | Installation directory
> --------------+---------+-----------------------
> >>
>
> From a different question I see this answer:
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> This non-obvious error message means that you are trying to install a
> package that doesn't exist:
>
> >> pkg install -forge nosuchpackage
> ## same error
>
> So I have sci_cosim installed and it is not yet on -forge.
>
> Is this why I get this error message.
> Should pkg update be smarter and only do the names that are on -forge?
> Doug
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> DAS
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What was the fix? I'm trying to install my first package in Octave (installed
the latest version yesterday). I have no idea where I'm going wrong. As far
as I can tell, the image file name must be wrong but i've tried different
packages and different variations for the file extensions. PLEASE HELP!
My machine is running OS X El Capitan version 10.11.3
in the Octave command window i get...
>> pkg install -forge io-2.4.1.tar.gz
error: cellfun: C must be a cell array
error: called from
get_forge_pkg at line 72 column 14
get_forge_download at line 26 column 12
pkg at line 393 column 29
>>
Thanks,
Jeff
If you use -forge then only put the name and not the version.
pkg install -forge io
is what you want