[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #62087] GPIB interface unsupported despite installation of linux-gpib package

[Zander Borders]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62087>

                 Summary: GPIB interface unsupported despite installation of
linux-gpib package
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: zborders
            Submitted on: Sun 20 Feb 2022 12:34:17 AM EST
                Category: Octave Forge Package
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Unexpected Error or Warning
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 6.2.0
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

When I run the code below I receive an unexpected error:


> pkg load instrument-control
> t0 = gpib(0,7);
error: gpib: Your system doesn't support the GPIB interface


I installed the linux-gpib package before installing the
octave-instrument-control package, as stated on the Instrument control package
octave wiki, and I verified successful installation of the linux-gpib package
by using their ibtest program with an NI USB-GPIB-HS adapter to program an HP
3457A multimeter and 8563E spectrum analyzer.

The linux-gpib package installed its headers to /usr/local/include and its
libraries to /usr/local/lib. Does the instrument control package expect the
linux-gpib headers or libraries to be located somewhere else?


My system:

OS: Debian 11
Octave version: 6.2.0
Instrument control package version: 0.6.0
linux-gpib version: 4.3.4
Installation methods: octave and instrument-control package installed through
Debian 11 repositories; linux-gpib installed from source per that packages
instructions.




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