Help Installing Control Tool Box for Windows Vista

[John J. Kelly]

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Hi,

 

I just installed Octave 3.2.0 and I'm running Windows Vista. I dowloaded the Control Toolbox package named: control-1.0.11.tar.tar

 

However, I was informed (perhaps incorrectly) that Windows cannot handle *.tar.tar files properly & that I should change the second extension to 'gz':

control-1.0.11.tar.gz

 

Next, I attempted to install the package by entering the following command in Octave:

 

pkg install control-1.0.11.tar.gz

 

The result was the following error:

 

"error: memory exhausted or requested size too large for range of Octave's index type--trying to return to prompt"

 

I have over 90 GB free on my hard drive and about 1 GB of available RAM, so I'm inclined to think that neither are the problem.

 

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you in advance,

 

John

 

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[Tatsuro MATSUOKA-2]

Hello

Octave 3.2.0 for Windows MinGW32 includes control-1.0.11 package so that you need not install it.

See
GNU Octave, version 3.2.0
Copyright (C) 2009 John W. Eaton and others.
This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  For details, type `warranty'.

Octave was configured for "i686-pc-mingw32".

 :
 :

octave.exe:2>pkg list
Package Name       | Version | Installation directory
-------------------+---------+-----------------------
            audio *|   1.1.4 | C:\Programs\Octave\3.2.0_gcc-4.3.0\share\octave\packages\audio-1.1.4
        benchmark *|   1.1.1 |
C:\Programs\Octave\3.2.0_gcc-4.3.0\share\octave\packages\benchmark-1.1.1
          bioinfo *|   0.1.2 | C:\Programs\Octave\3.2.0_gcc-4.3.0\share\octave\packages\bioinfo-0.1.2
    combinatorics *|   1.0.9 |
C:\Programs\Octave\3.2.0_gcc-4.3.0\share\octave\packages\combinatorics-1.0.9
   communications *|  1.0.10 |
C:\Programs\Octave\3.2.0_gcc-4.3.0\share\octave\packages\communications-1.0.10
          control *|  1.0.11 | C:\Programs\Octave\3.2.0_gcc-4.3.0\share\octave\packages\control-1.0.11

Regards

Tatsuro

--- "John J. Kelly"  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just installed Octave 3.2.0 and I'm running Windows Vista. I dowloaded the Control Toolbox
> package named: control-1.0.11.tar.tar
>
> However, I was informed (perhaps incorrectly) that Windows cannot handle *.tar.tar files
> properly & that I should change the second extension to 'gz':
> control-1.0.11.tar.gz
>
> Next, I attempted to install the package by entering the following command in Octave:
>
> pkg install control-1.0.11.tar.gz
>
> The result was the following error:
>
> "error: memory exhausted or requested size too large for range of Octave's index type--trying to
> return to prompt"
>
> I have over 90 GB free on my hard drive and about 1 GB of available RAM, so I'm inclined to
> think that neither are the problem.
>
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> John
> > _______________________________________________
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> Help-octave@...
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[bzink]

Can an octave expert please comment on / investigate the 'pkg install ' issue raised in the original e-mail.  I sent in a similar observation to this forum a few days ago.

I believe the 'pkg install ...' problem is the manifestation of some sort this is a bug in the sourceforge windows installer on the  Vista OS.

BZ

>
> I just installed Octave 3.2.0 and I'm running Windows Vista. I dowloaded the Control Toolbox
> package named: control-1.0.11.tar.tar
>
> However, I was informed (perhaps incorrectly) that Windows cannot handle *.tar.tar files
> properly & that I should change the second extension to 'gz':
> control-1.0.11.tar.gz
>
> Next, I attempted to install the package by entering the following command in Octave:
>
> pkg install control-1.0.11.tar.gz
>
> The result was the following error:
>
> "error: memory exhausted or requested size too large for range of Octave's index type--trying to
> return to prompt"
>
> I have over 90 GB free on my hard drive and about 1 GB of available RAM, so I'm inclined to
> think that neither are the problem.
>
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> John

[John J. Kelly]

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Thank you very much for the response, however the README.txt file that was included with the Octave installation states that:

 

" ** The Control, Finance and Quaternion functions have been removed.

 

    These functions are now available as separate packages from

 

      http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.html

 

    and can be reinstalled using the Octave package manager (see
    the pkg function)."

 

 

Also, when I navigate to the directory you specified (C:\Programs\Octave\3.2.0_gcc-4.3.0\share\octave\packages) the only folder that appears is "control-1.0.11", but it is empty (and there are no hidden files there)!

 

Lastly, when I execute the "pkg list" command, Octave indicates that there are no packages installed:

 

 

Though thanks again for the response.

 

JK

 

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[Tatsuro MATSUOKA-2]

Hello


Pehrhaps you forget to select octave-forge package at the install.

Please uninstall octave  and retry install it and do not forget to select octave-forge package.

Regards

Tatsuro

--- "John J. Kelly" wrote:

> Thank you very much for the response, however the README.txt file that was included with the
> Octave installation states that:
>
>
> " ** The Control, Finance and Quaternion functions have been removed.
>
>     These functions are now available as separate packages from
>
>       http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.html
>
>     and can be reinstalled using the Octave package manager (see
>     the pkg function)."
>
>
> Also, when I navigate to the directory you specified
> (C:\Programs\Octave\3.2.0_gcc-4.3.0\share\octave\packages) the only folder that appears is
> "control-1.0.11", but it is empty (and there are no hidden files there)!
>
> Lastly, when I execute the "pkg list" command, Octave indicates that there are no packages
> installed:
>
>
> Though thanks again for the response.
>
> JK
> > _______________________________________________
> Help-octave mailing list
> Help-octave@...
> https://www-old.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave
>

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[Benjamin Lindner]

bzink wrote:
> Can an octave expert please comment on / investigate the 'pkg install ' issue
> raised in the original e-mail.  I sent in a similar observation to this
> forum a few days ago.
>
> I believe the 'pkg install ...' problem is the manifestation of some sort
> this is a bug in the sourceforge windows installer on the  Vista OS.
>

This is a guess, but it might be the same bug as the
"dir"-command-is-crashing bug.

benjamin
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