Hi, I am quite new to Ubuntu so I apologize for any kind of dumb questions I might ask in this post. However, I've been using gretl on my prevoius OS (Windows XP) and after a long procedure that allowed me to install a working version of gretl in Ubuntu I noticed that it would not feature menu items related to VECM and Cointegration Test functions, whilst still having commands such es coint2 available via command line. In both OS i use version 1.9.5. After featuring launch problems from the UBUNTU software center (segmentation fault) I downloaded first the jar available in debian list, version 1.9.5, here http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/i386/gretl/download and then installed several other packages that would seem to be required (such as fft tools which I can't remember right now, unfortunately now...) Good news is that I now can run gretl in my Ubuntu OS, bad news is I don't see those cointegration menus which I need. I thus tried to install the windows version via Wine. it works fine and shows all the menus, including the ones I need about Johansen test. Versions are the same (1.9.5) the only difference being that the Windows version, in its "about" window, has also the name "cvs" attached to the number of version, whilst the Ubuntu one hasn't. Do you think there's a way I can try to get the same menu items in the native ubuntu version of the software? Thanks in advance Maurizio _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users

many thanks Giuseppe I'll give it a go and post results later on. Maurizio Il giorno 29/set/2011, alle ore 14:15, Giuseppe Vittucci ha scritto: > It's strange, cause I run gretl 1.9.5 on Ubuntu 11.04 and I see the > options in the menu. > > I had also your problems. > The package in the repository is faulty and I downloaded and installed > the latest version from the repository of Debian testing: > > http://packages.debian.org/source/testing/gretl > > Try the following: > - open Synaptic, search for gretl in the list and remove completely all > the deb packages related with it; > - download and reinstall the debian packages > > By the way, for some features related with time series you need to > install also the following packages: > - x12a_0.2.10-2_i386.deb > - tramo-seats_98-2_i386.deb > > You find them here: > > http://gretl.sourceforge.net/index.html > > See you > Giuseppe > > On Thu, 2011-09-29 at 13:26 +0200, maurizio spadaccino wrote: >> Hi, I am quite new to Ubuntu so I apologize for any kind of dumb >> questions I might ask in this post. However, I've been using gretl on my >> prevoius OS (Windows XP) and after a long procedure that allowed me to >> install a working version of gretl in Ubuntu I noticed that it would not >> feature menu items related to VECM and Cointegration Test functions, >> whilst still having commands such es coint2 available via command line. >> In both OS i use version 1.9.5. After featuring launch problems from the >> UBUNTU software center (segmentation fault) I downloaded first the jar >> available in debian list, version 1.9.5, here >> http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/i386/gretl/download >> and then installed several other packages that would seem to be required >> (such as fft tools which I can't remember right now, unfortunately >> now...) >> Good news is that I now can run gretl in my Ubuntu OS, bad news is I >> don't see those cointegration menus which I need. >> I thus tried to install the windows version via Wine. it works fine and >> shows all the menus, including the ones I need about Johansen test. >> Versions are the same (1.9.5) the only difference being that the Windows >> version, in its "about" window, has also the name "cvs" attached to the >> number of version, whilst the Ubuntu one hasn't. >> Do you think there's a way I can try to get the same menu items in the >> native ubuntu version of the software? >> Thanks in advance >> Maurizio >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gretl-users mailing list >> Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu >> http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Gretl-users mailing list > Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu > http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011, maurizio spadaccino wrote: > Hi, I am quite new to Ubuntu so I apologize for any kind of dumb > questions I might ask in this post. However, I've been using gretl on my > prevoius OS (Windows XP) and after a long procedure that allowed me to > install a working version of gretl in Ubuntu I noticed that it would not > feature menu items related to VECM and Cointegration Test functions, > whilst still having commands such es coint2 available via command line. Do you mean that under the main-window Model menu the "Time series" entry is inactive/greyed-out? That happens if the dataset you have loaded is not recognized as time-series, which can be fixed under /Data/Dataset structure. If you mean that the Model menu doesn't have a "Time series" entry at all, or that the Time series menu is accessible but doesn't have a VECM entry, then sorry but I have no idea what's wrong; some weird breakage must have occurred in the installation. Allin Cottrell _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users