On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:22:05AM +0200, Luca Favatella wrote:
> Package: octave3.0
> Version: 1:3.0.5-6
> Severity: normal
>
>
> How to reproduce this bug
>
> Install octave-communications (dependency of the ga package)
> $ aptitude install octave-communications
>
> Download ga.tar.gz from
> http://octave.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/octave/trunk/octave-forge/main/ga.tar.gz?view=tar
>
> Try to locally install ga (in a subdirectory of your home)
> $ echo "pkg install ga.tar.gz" | octave -q
>
>
> I get:
> error: couldn't create installation directory
> /usr/share/octave/packages/3.0/ga-0.9.7 : Permission denied
> error: called from `pkg:copy_files' in file
> /usr/share/octave/3.0.5/m/pkg/pkg.mnear line 1425, column 7
>
> It is strange, because if I remember well octave should create ./ga-0.9.7
> directory (i.e. not in /usr/...).
Remove the "pkg prefix" line from /etc/octave3.0.conf.
We use it to generate packages for octave3.0 and octave3.2 (some
packages don't work with 3.0).
I don't see a good way to go here: pkg.m doesn't support versioned
package installations (ie, for 3.0 and 3.2) and it also seems impossible
to go back to the default prefix choice once you have chosen a prefix.
Thomas
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