Error while installing GNU Octave packages

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Published on 2012-12-19T14:00:49Z Indexed on 2012/12/19 17:14 UTC
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I want to install the GNU Octave optim package, but I keep receiving errors in the process. Apparently I need to install some other packages first, one of which is the general package. However, when I try to, I receive this error:

octave:17> pkg install general-1.3.2.tar.gz
make: /usr/bin/mkoctfile: Command not found
make: *** [__exit__.oct] Error 127
'make' returned the following error: make: Entering directory `/tmp/oct-CGIPo9/general/src'
/usr/bin/mkoctfile __exit__.cc
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/oct-CGIPo9/general/src'
error: called from `pkg>configure_make' in file /usr/share/octave/3.6.1/m/pkg/pkg.m near line 1391, column 9
error: called from:
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.6.1/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 834, column 5
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.6.1/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 383, column 9

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