octave-forge, missing sparse.oct?

Apparently sparse.oct is only included in the newer version (Octave2.9).
Please let us know if you need assistance in downloading and installing.

unfortunately octave2.9 is not an option because it has problems with passing arguments through executable scripts.
If u run the following test program (http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Executable-Octave-Programs.html#Executable-Octave-Programs):

#! /bin/octave -qf
printf ("%s", program_name);
     for i = 1:nargin
       printf (" %s", argv{i});
     endfor
printf ("\n");

you will get:

./test as ar
testerror: built-in function cannot be indexed with {
error: evaluating argument list element number 2
error: evaluating for command near line 4, column 6
error: near line 6 of file `./test'

the path to octave is

/usr/bin/octave

and not as in the script (/bin/octave)

Would getting the sparse.oct file from the octave2.9 package solve your problem?
If so I can tell you how to do that.

i think that the api has been changed from 2.1.X to 2.9.X.
Not sure it will work
to me it seems to be a packaging error.
In edgy, same octave version, it works (octave and octave-forge installed).

Or you could donwload and compile the sorce code:

http://www.octave.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/octave/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/sparse.cc?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain

Even though it might be a trifle difficult to compile it.

which implies building octave-forge from source ...
doable, but defeats the purpose of using ubuntu debs...

i'll fill a bug...

Yes, sparse.oct is in the edgy repositories, in the octave-forge package.
You could download and install this as a work-around solution, and of course issue a bug report on the octave-forge version for feisty.

yep, i'll try the edgy version

cheers

Please let me know if installing the edgy version works as a work-around solution.

the problem can be solved by installing the edgy version of the same
packages (octave and octave-forge)

Cheers

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OK, I will add this info in the bug report.