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I have now updated the binaries for Ubuntu Precise. They should work with Octave 3.8. Please upgrade, and report any problem.

Yes Octave 3.8 compatibility started at Dynare 4.4.1, but at the source code level. Binaries need to be updated, and we did not update our Ubuntu Precise binaries for Octave 3.8.

I thought Dynare began compatibility with Octave 3.8 in version 4.4.1 onwards? I also have a problem using Dynare with octave 3.8 - when running a .mod that works in octave 3.6 I get an error saying "could not find library or dependents: ...

My understanding of the problem is the following: the Dynare package for 12.04 (precise) has been compiled with Octave 3.6.

Then the Octave PPA was updated to octave 3.8. But we did not update our package, so you are now stuck.

I'll try to update our package soon. I'll keep you informed.

Hello Dynare team, yesterday I decided to install Dynare for Octave on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS system. First step: I installed octave 3.8.1 (latest stable version has now a GUI frontend) via Octave's Personal Package Archive (PPA). LINK: http://wiki.octave.org/Debian ...

... modifying the code, it seems that the syntax is correct now. But the problem is when I run the mod file, it still shows "Starting MATLAB/Octave computing" after two hours. I am really confused. Wish you could give me some suggestions. Many thanks. Configuring Dynare ... [mex] Generalized ...

Hi, I replicated the code for Dornbusch's Overshooting Model (attached) and I have two questions: 1. How can I open the .m files in Octave that result from running the model? 2. What methodology do you recommend to run this model for a given country dataset? Thank you in advance for your ...

... - order 1 Computing dynamic model derivatives: - order 1 - order 2 Processing outputs ...done Preprocessing completed. Starting MATLAB/Octave computing. STEADY-STATE RESULTS: C 0.0445366 H 0.054434 K 0.0546216 E 0.0890863 S 0.0445431 y 0.0499988 w 0.364922 r 0.155858 p 0.242702 A_k ...

... instead. Files such as dynare.estimation_init.m are instead looking for parameter_names. Is there a way to fix this? running Dynare 4.4.2 and octave 3.6.4 thanks

... - order 1 Computing dynamic model derivatives: - order 1 - order 2 Processing outputs ...done Preprocessing completed. Starting MATLAB/Octave computing. Warning: Some of the parameters have no value (alp, bet, gam, mst, rho, psi, del) when using steady. If these parameters are not initialized ...

Dear Johannes,

Thank you very much for looking into this. Given that you didn't encounter any problems I have now tried it on a new desktop and it works fine. The problems may have been to related to running Matlab on a network.

Ok. Then I cannot replicate the issue. It ran without problems with the most recent unstable version. Can you try that one please. If the problem persists, try running Dynare in the console mode.

Thanks for your reply. The mod file I posted is the correct one, with 30,000 draws it's sufficient for the Dynare to cause the crash (setting mode_compute =4 does it faster so it requires a shorter wait). It's been fine with 20,000 draws but there seems to be some point with the number of draws at w...

Please post exacty the mod-file that crashes. The one posted has a differently parameterized MCMC. E.g. there are only 30000 draws.

... - order 1 Computing dynamic model derivatives: - order 1 - order 2 - order 3 Processing outputs ...done Preprocessing completed. Starting MATLAB/Octave computing. print_info (line 72) The steadystate file did not compute the steady state Error in stoch_simul (line 98) print_info(info, options_.noprint, ...