On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 13:20:26 -0800, Gary Roach wrote: > I attempted to install the Octave package on my Debian Stretch system using > both Aptitude and apt-get. Both methods resulted in the same error: > > Setting up octave (4.0.3-2+b1) ... > /usr/local/libexec/octave/4.0.0/exec/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/octave-gui: > error > while loading shared libraries: libgl2ps.so.0: cannot open shared object > file: > No such file or directory > dpkg: error processing package octave (--configure): > > The .deb file seems to be looking for the wrong version of the lib file. The > newer version is libgl2ps.so.1 > > I set up a soft link from the old version to the new, re-ran the install and > now get a new error that the installer can't find libcholmod.so.2.1.2. > > Maybe the .deb file is completely out of date.
Actually the above error indicates that you probably have a locally built /usr/local/bin/octave that is found in $PATH before the apt-provided /usr/bin/octave. Can you delete your local installation and try again to verify that the package is working correctly? -- mike
