command execution failed when reinstalling octave with gl2ps

[rspinney20@…]

Hi,

I'm attempting to install octave on OSX 10.8.5

Salient facts:

1. I had successfully installed octave with "sudo port install octave +atlas". It was working.
2. I needed to use the fltk graphics interface (the gnuplot one doesn't support all the moving labels etc. fully) so I uninstalled octave, installed fltk (through macports), then reinstalled octave. This too worked and I was successfully plotting within FLTK GL windows.
3. Miserably (I have no idea why these packages are not simply listed as dependencies), one cannot save figures with the fltk graphics interface without gl2ps being installed and it is not a dependency, so I uninstalled fltk and octave, installed gl2ps, installed fltk, but when I came to installed octave, I got an error:

--->  Building octave
Error: org.macports.build for port octave returned: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port octave for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave/octave/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port octave failed

Things I have tried:

1. sudo port selfupdate
2. sudo port upgrade outdated
3. totally uninstalled macports (following instructions here (​https://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.macports.uninstalling.html), then started from scratch.

But after trying everything I still get the same error.

By a process of trial and error I get these results based on the permutations (of installations of gl2ps, fltk) I get

gl2ps: not installed
fltk: not installed
octave: builds!

gl2ps: installed
fltk: not installed
octave: builds

gl2ps: installed
fltk: not installed
octave: builds!

gl2ps: installed
fltk: installed
octave: build fails!

which would indicate that including gl2ps, as part of fltk, is what is causing trouble. But I need to save my figures! I don't see the point of being able to use the flexibility of the fltk graphing toolkit, but not be able to save the figures. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I attach the compressed main.log file

Thanks,

R.