Unable to install package optim in Octave

3
votes

I try to install the package optim in Octave using the command 

pkg install -auto -forge optim

But it gives an error:

error: get_forge_pkg: could not read version number from package's page
error: called from
    get_forge_pkg at line 49 column 7
    get_forge_download at line 26 column 12
    pkg at line 393 column 29

I am not able to resolve this error.

2
octave
I'm guessing your internet is down or you have some connection problem. - carandraug

2 Answers

3
votes

This typically happens when, for some reason, Octave cannot access the list of latest package releases on Sourceforge.

I have just tried on Octave 4.0.3

pkg install -auto -forge optim

and it worked:

>> pkg install -auto -forge optim
For information about changes from previous versions
of the optim package, run 'news optim'.

Sourceforge has been unavaible for some time a few days ago, perhaps is it the reason for the problem that you encountered.

Can you try again and see if the problem still exists?

1
votes

If you use ubuntu, you can try

sudo apt-get install octave-optim