[arch-general] problem installing octave

[Alexandre Ferrando]

On 16 February 2012 22:04, Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org> wrote:
> I've no intention to do a full system upgrade ATM, nor should
> it be necessary. The problem is not that the missing lib is
> out of date but that pacman apparently can't get it.

That's exactly why you need to do a full system update. Partial
updates and installing new packages without upgrading is begging for
breakage in arch. Read [1]

[1] http://archlinux.me/wonder/2012/02/13/how-to-increase-the-stability-of-your-system/