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bug #48114: fem-fenics installation failed (Octave 4.0.0, Windows 10)

Submitted by:  None
Submitted on:  Fri 03 Jun 2016 02:47:46 PM UTC  
 
Category: Octave Forge PackageSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Installation Failure
Status: InvalidAssigned to: None
Originator Name: CesarOriginator Email: -unavailable-
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 4.0.0
Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Tue 28 Jun 2016 12:05:41 AM UTC, comment #3:

The system dependencies of the fem-fenics package are in fact listed in the package metadata (http://hg.code.sf.net/p/octave/fem-fenics/file/897f1e2d194f/DESCRIPTION). There is just no practical way for Octave to check or enforce those dependencies in a platform independent way. Octave is never going to be a full-featured system package manager. If that's what you want, you might consider using cygwin, or a GNU-based operating system with a true dependency-based package management system.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Project Administrator
Mon 06 Jun 2016 03:05:29 PM UTC, comment #2:

Dear John,

thank you for your advices.

Since the 4.0.2-installer is a non-official-version here are my observations: I downloaded the installer (octave-4.0.2-installer.exe, about 150 MB) sucessfully in short time from http://www.heise.de. Parallel installation of the octave.4.0.2-version (parallel to 4.0.0) without any problems on windows 10, 64 bit. During the first run (after long time, about 10-15 minutes) several messages concerning "non existing ...nan... packages/functions/rounines or something similar" were displayed. During the second run I executed successfully the attached (simple) m-file without the above mentioned messages and without any problems.

The recommended pkg command option -verbose informed me that dolfin is required. To install dolfin and finally fenics it is recommended to install the so called docker toolbox (210 MB, DockerToolbox-1.11.2.exe from http://www.docker.com). The download was extremely slowly: 1h! The automatic "ON-CLICK-INSTALLATION" of the required tools like the Docker Quickstart Terminal and an alpha version of the Docker GUI Kitematic was not successfully. So it seems that prebuilt packages of dolfin/fenics cannot be installed on windows 10, 64 bit easily. Compared to the installation of octave packages. ;-).

The reported problem is not related to octave and the fem-fenics package. But the required programms and tools for the package fem-fenics should be explicitely mentionend within the dependency description of the fem-fencics package.

So, I propose to close and/or delete the topic.

Best regards
Cesar

PS: However, I´m still highly interested in FEM calculations using octave packages. I appreciate the work of all octave developpers! Thank you.

(file #37406, file #37407, file #37408)

Anonymous
Sun 05 Jun 2016 08:02:54 PM UTC, comment #1:

Hi,

Try the 4.0.2 installer - it may fix whatever issues you are having.

In addition, when attempting to install the package, you may see more information running as:

pkg install -verbose fem-fenics-0.0.4.tar.gz

John Donoghue <lostbard>
Project Member
Fri 03 Jun 2016 02:47:46 PM UTC, original submission:

Dear Marco Vassallo, dear Eugenio Gianniti,
Dear develloppers,

I´m using octave 4.0.0. and Windows 10.
I downloaded successfully the fem-fenics-0.0.4.tar.gz and tryied
the installation with the well known command:
pkg install fem-fenics-0.0.4.tar.gz

There are no further dependencies listed than the version must be higher than 3.8.0 but the INSTALLATION FAILED with the following messages:

checking ....

checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for dolfin... no

pkg: error running the configure script for fem-fenics.
error: called from 'configure_make' in file C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\4.0.0\m\pkg\private\configure_make.m
near line 79, column 9

Is there a download of the fem-fenics package that I can install using the well known pkg command only?

Thank you for an information or a link to a running file. ;-).

Best regards
Cesar

PS: Here is a list of packages I have already installed and loaded:

>> pkg list

Package Name | Version | Installation directory
----------------+---------+-----------------------
control *| 3.0.0 | C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\packages\control-3.0.0
general *| 2.0.0 | C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\packages\general-2.0.0
io *| 2.4.1 | C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\packages\io-2.4.1
linear-algebra *| 2.2.2 | C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\packages\linear-algebra-2.2.2
msh *| 1.0.10 | C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\packages\msh-1.0.10
ocs *| 0.1.5 | C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\packages\ocs-0.1.5
odepkg *| 0.8.5 | C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\packages\odepkg-0.8.5
quaternion *| 2.4.0 | C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\packages\quaternion-2.4.0
signal *| 1.3.2 | C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\packages\signal-1.3.2
splines *| 1.3.0 | C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\packages\splines-1.3.0
statistics *| 1.2.4 | C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\packages\statistics-1.2.4
struct *| 1.0.13 | C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\packages\struct-1.0.13
symbolic *| 2.3.0 | C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\share\octave\packages\symbolic-2.3.0

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file #37406:  UICalcKCLKVL.20160603.1.m added by None (902B - application/octet-stream)
file #37407:  KCL.m added by None (98B - application/octet-stream)
file #37408:  KVL.m added by None (106B - application/octet-stream)

 

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