title: Octave 3.8.0 - package installation error in Mac OS X
body: <p>I am trying to install some packages in Octave however, I am getting errors. Any help will be much appreciated. I tried this from Octave home directory. (I have also tried: pkg install general-1.3.4.tar.gz)</p>
  
  <pre><code>octave:1&gt; pkg install -forge general
  In file included from /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/lib/gcc47/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13/4.7.3/include/stdint.h:3:0,
               from /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/include/octave-3.8.0/octave/oct-conf-post.h:167,
               from /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/include/octave-3.8.0/octave/config.h:3351,
               from /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/include/octave-3.8.0/octave/../octave/oct.h:31,
               from SHA1.cc:19:
  /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/lib/gcc47/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13/4.7.3/include-fixed/stdint.h:27:32: fatal error: sys/_types/_int8_t.h: No such file or directory
  compilation terminated.
  make: *** [SHA1.oct] Error 1
  /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/bin/mkoctfile-3.8.0 SHA1.cc
  
  pkg: error running `make' for the general package.
  error: called from 'configure_make' in file /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/private/configure_make.m near line 82, column 9
  error: called from:
  error:   /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/private/install.m at line 199, column 5
  error:   /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 394, column 9 
  </code></pre>