Opened 6 years ago

Closed 6 years ago

#56659 closed defect (fixed)

Fails to install any octave-* packages (possible reason: "unable to find the mkoctfile command")

Reported by: alatina (Andrea L) Owned by: MarcusCalhoun-Lopez (Marcus Calhoun-Lopez)
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 2.5.2
Keywords: highsierra Cc: alatina (Andrea L), Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)
Port: octave-general

Description

My macports fails to install any octave-* packages. Example:

sudo port install octave-general
--->  Computing dependencies for octave-general
--->  Configuring octave-general
Error: Failed to configure octave-general: configure failure: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave-general/octave-general/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
Error: Processing of port octave-general failed

If I try the same within octave, it also fails but explains why:

octave:1> pkg install -forge general
pkg: unable to find the mkoctfile command, Octave installation is incomplete
error: called from
    __gripe_missing_component__ at line 53 column 3
    configure_make at line 40 column 7
    install at line 184 column 7
    pkg at line 437 column 9

Apparently it does not find the 'mkoctfile' command....

I do have the very latest macport of octave installed.

Attachments (1)

main.log (244.2 KB) - added by alatina (Andrea L) 6 years ago.
log for octave-general

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Change History (19)

comment:1 Changed 6 years ago by alatina (Andrea L)

Port: octave-general added; octave-* removed

comment:2 Changed 6 years ago by alatina (Andrea L)

Cc: alatina added

comment:3 Changed 6 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Owner: set to Schamschula
Status: newassigned

comment:4 Changed 6 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Please attach the log for octave-general.

Changed 6 years ago by alatina (Andrea L)

Attachment: main.log added

log for octave-general

comment:5 Changed 6 years ago by alatina (Andrea L)

main.log for octtave-general attached!

comment:6 Changed 6 years ago by Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)

Why are you installing a package from within octave?

Under MacPorts, octave packages are supplied as ports. Thus, if you want to install the general package you run the following command:

sudo port install octave-general

This will install any other octave package dependencies, if needed.

comment:7 Changed 6 years ago by alatina (Andrea L)

Yes, I know I should do it through macports. My attempt to install the package from within octave was just because

sudo port install octave-general

fails.

The attempt from within octave failed as well, with the same error: "unable to find the mkoctfile command, Octave installation is incomplete" main.log file, line 140.

Last edited 6 years ago by alatina (Andrea L) (previous) (diff)

comment:8 Changed 6 years ago by Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)

What does

ls -l /opt/local/bin/mkoctfile

say?

comment:9 Changed 6 years ago by MarcusCalhoun-Lopez (Marcus Calhoun-Lopez)

Cc: MarcusCalhoun-Lopez added

comment:10 Changed 6 years ago by MarcusCalhoun-Lopez (Marcus Calhoun-Lopez)

Cc: alatina removed

There is no need to CC the reporter.

I believe this error is a result of a recent change to octave.
I am working on a fix.

Last edited 6 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) (previous) (diff)

comment:11 Changed 6 years ago by Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)

Cc: alatina Schamschula added; MarcusCalhoun-Lopez removed
Owner: changed from Schamschula to MarcusCalhoun-Lopez

Even though octave @4.4.0_4 shows the correct path to mkoctfile, in my case /opt/local/bin/mkoctfile, which is a symlink to /opt/local/bin/mkoctfile-4.x.x, the pkg command can't find it.

comment:12 in reply to:  10 ; Changed 6 years ago by raimue (Rainer Müller)

Replying to MarcusCalhoun-Lopez:

There is no need to CC the reporter.

Off topic: As of Trac 1.2 users can opt-out from notifications, while reporters where forced to receive notifications before. Please no longer remove the reporter from CC, as you cannot know their Trac preferences.

Last edited 6 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) (previous) (diff)

comment:13 Changed 6 years ago by alatina (Andrea L)

Indeed, mkoctfile exists and is a symlink to mkoctfile-4.x.x. It works, at least from the command line:

macbe16641:~ andrea$ ls -l /opt/local/bin/mkoctfile
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 15 Jun 13 09:57 /opt/local/bin/mkoctfile -> mkoctfile-4.x.x
macbe16641:~ andrea$ /opt/local/bin/mkoctfile --version
mkoctfile, version 4.4.0

comment:14 in reply to:  12 Changed 6 years ago by MarcusCalhoun-Lopez (Marcus Calhoun-Lopez)

Replying to raimue:

Off topic: As of Trac 1.2 users can opt-out from notifications, while reporters where forced to receive notifications before. Please no longer remove the reporter from CC, as you cannot know their Trac preferences.

Thank you for the information.
I was unaware of the change and was giving out bad advice.

Version 0, edited 6 years ago by MarcusCalhoun-Lopez (Marcus Calhoun-Lopez) (next)

comment:15 in reply to:  13 ; Changed 6 years ago by MarcusCalhoun-Lopez (Marcus Calhoun-Lopez)

Replying to alatina:

Indeed, mkoctfile exists and is a symlink to mkoctfile-4.x.x. It works, at least from the command line:

This is definitely a problem with the octave port.

mkoctfile-4.x.x exists, but octave is looking for mkoctfile-4.4.0, which does not exist.
This is due to a mistake in a recent change, which in turn was trying to fix another problem.

I think I know a fix to both problems, but it may take me a day or two to find the time to implement it.

Last edited 6 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) (previous) (diff)

comment:16 in reply to:  15 ; Changed 6 years ago by alatina (Andrea L)

Replying to MarcusCalhoun-Lopez:

Replying to alatina:

Indeed, mkoctfile exists and is a symlink to mkoctfile-4.x.x. It works, at least from the command line:

This is definitely a problem with the octave port.

mkoctfile-4.x.x exists, but octave is looking for mkoctfile-4.4.0, which does not exist.
This is due to a mistake in a recent change, which in turn was trying to fix another problem.

I think I know a fix to both problems, but it may take me a day or two to find the time to implement it.

Alright, take your time.

At least now I know what workaround I can use to temporarily fix the problem. Thanks a lot!

Last edited 6 years ago by alatina (Andrea L) (previous) (diff)

comment:17 in reply to:  16 Changed 6 years ago by alatina (Andrea L)

Replying to alatina:

Replying to MarcusCalhoun-Lopez:

Replying to alatina:

Indeed, mkoctfile exists and is a symlink to mkoctfile-4.x.x. It works, at least from the command line:

This is definitely a problem with the octave port.

mkoctfile-4.x.x exists, but octave is looking for mkoctfile-4.4.0, which does not exist.
This is due to a mistake in a recent change, which in turn was trying to fix another problem.

I think I know a fix to both problems, but it may take me a day or two to find the time to implement it.

Alright, take your time.

At least bow I know what workaround I can use to temporarily fix the problem. Thanks a lot!

For the records, the workaround (i.e. creating a link to mkoctfile-4.x.x called mkoctfile-4.4.0) didn't really work. So, I will just wait for your fix.

Last edited 6 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) (previous) (diff)

comment:18 Changed 6 years ago by Marcus Calhoun-Lopez <marcuscalhounlopez@…>

Resolution: fixed
Status: assignedclosed

In 97d2fd0566579f5f41400ccb164a8920929d4639/macports-ports (master):

ocatve: stop modifying OCTAVE_VERSION variable

Modifying OCTAVE_VERSION caused problems
See #56624
See #56659

Fixes #56659

Instead, attempt to prevent unnecessary revbumps by changing the
identification names of libraries

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