Install octave 3.8.0 in ubuntu 12.04

Question

With the following commands

wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-3.8.0.tar.bz2
tar -xvf octave-3.8.0.tar.bz2
cd octave-3.8.0
sudo apt-get build-dep octave
./configure
make
sudo make install

I have errors in the make and make install phases and octave does not install. Do you have any suggestion? Thanks for any help

Here are the error messages at the end of the make and make install commands:

/usr/local/include/llvm/PassManager.h:34:15: error: 'PassManager' is already declared in this scope
/usr/local/include/llvm/PassManager.h:35:15: error: 'FunctionPassManager' is already declared in this scope
corefcn/pt-jit.cc: In member function 'bool tree_jit::initialize()':
corefcn/pt-jit.cc:1891:48: error: cannot convert 'llvm::legacy::PassManager*' to 'llvm::PassManager*' in assignment
corefcn/pt-jit.cc:1892:22: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'struct llvm::PassManager'
corefcn/jit-util.h:46:9: error: forward declaration of 'struct llvm::PassManager'
corefcn/pt-jit.cc:1894:55: error: cannot convert 'llvm::legacy::FunctionPassManager*' to 'llvm::FunctionPassManager*' in assignment
corefcn/pt-jit.cc:1896:15: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/jit-util.h:45:9: error: forward declaration of 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/pt-jit.cc:1900:15: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/jit-util.h:45:9: error: forward declaration of 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/pt-jit.cc:1901:15: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/jit-util.h:45:9: error: forward declaration of 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/pt-jit.cc:1902:15: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/jit-util.h:45:9: error: forward declaration of 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/pt-jit.cc:1903:15: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/jit-util.h:45:9: error: forward declaration of 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/pt-jit.cc:1904:15: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/jit-util.h:45:9: error: forward declaration of 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/pt-jit.cc:1905:15: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/jit-util.h:45:9: error: forward declaration of 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/pt-jit.cc:1906:15: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/jit-util.h:45:9: error: forward declaration of 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/pt-jit.cc:1907:15: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/jit-util.h:45:9: error: forward declaration of 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/pt-jit.cc: In member function 'void tree_jit::optimize(llvm::Function*)':
corefcn/pt-jit.cc:2003:22: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'struct llvm::PassManager'
corefcn/jit-util.h:46:9: error: forward declaration of 'struct llvm::PassManager'
corefcn/pt-jit.cc:2004:15: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/jit-util.h:45:9: error: forward declaration of 'struct llvm::FunctionPassManager'
corefcn/pt-jit.cc:2010:34: error: 'F_Binary' is not a member of 'llvm::raw_fd_ostream'
make[3]: *** [corefcn/corefcn_libcorefcn_la-pt-jit.lo] Error 1
make[2]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [install] Error 2

Solution 1

This is an issue with building octave 3.8.0 against LLVM >= 3.4. There is updated information in this bug report: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41061

Solution 2

i installed the 3.8 octave version following this instruction - works great. there is a quite long list of dependencies packages which is also instilled if you follow the instructions.

http://blogs.bu.edu/mhirsch/2013/12/compiling-octave-3-8/

cheers seeb

Comments

[user235019]

Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately Ubuntu software center installs octave version 3.2.4 while I would install the last version: octave version 3.8.0. I see that the problem should be LLVM libray (which I installed) but I don't know how to proceed. Thank you again for any suggestion

[MadMike]

Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.