Can you help me with installation in linux ?

jerry t

2010-03-06 18:34:31 UTC

Explaining the output you posted:

"octave3.2 is already the newest version."

You already have the latest version of octave. If there is a newer version your linux distro has not yet made it available.

"The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:

binutils-static

Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them."

The package binutils-static was installed and no longer needed on your system. You can remove it by running the command:

apt-get autoremove

"2 not fully installed or removed."

2 packages that are needed were not installed; apparently octave and emacsen.

"dpkg: error processing octave3.2 (--configure):

subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of octave3.2-emacsen:

octave3.2-emacsen depends on octave3.2; however:

Package octave3.2 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing octave3.2-emacsen (--configure):

dependency problems - leaving unconfigured"

In a nutshell this is saying that there was an error when it tried to install octave. A dependent file called emacsen could not be installed because octave is not installed. This is what is called dependency hell; a file can not be installed because it needs to have another program installed but the program cannot be installed until the file is installed.

I am surprised that a solution was not also suggested at the end of that output.

If you run the command;

apt-get -f install

This will try to install any packages that are leftover and not completely installed. After running that run the commands;

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

And then run apt-get -f install again. You may have to repeat the 3 commands a couple times until apt-get -f install returns the message that all is well.

Using the command line and apt-get is not something recommended for people new to linux. Why not use a graphical way to install software like synaptic. You should have synaptic in your menu.

Good luck

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2016-10-19 09:17:58 UTC

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GibsonEssGee

2010-03-06 13:20:03 UTC

See http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/sub-process-usrbindpkg-returned-an-error-code-1-171107/