Re: [Gretl-devel] Problem Installing/updating function file on Mac OS X Lion/Snow Leopard
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, Berend Hasselman wrote:
>> Trying to install a not installed function file gives the
>> error message "Couldn't find <package name> for gretl 1.9.7"
>> (this is regardless of Snow Leopard or Lion). Gretl doesn't
>> seem to take the <minver> field into account.
>
> Which package were you trying to install? I just tried a
> couple of new ones and they installed OK. As another check I
> removed my local copy of the SVAR package, went to /Help/
> Check for addons, and chose to install SVAR. That went OK too,
> but I'll try testing on OS X.
>
I apparently didn't have the addon SVAR. I did Help/Check
for addons and successfully installed it.
That's good to hear.
But for example I don't have function file moran installed.
(Files, Function files, On server) When I click install I
get the message "Couldn't find moran for gretl 1.9.7".
I just tried that one here and it installed OK. I'll have to
try on OS X.
I should perhaps explain the "1.9.7" business: if you're
running gretl M.N.P-cvs then when you try to d/l an addon
gretl sends a version number of M.N.P+1 to the server. This
allows addon writers who want to make use of a new-in-CVS
feature to give their package a "minver" equal to the next
release.
But this shouldn't apply at all to moran.gfn, which is a
regular function package and not an addon. Hmm. I'll look into
it.
Allin