Unable to set up in octave (version 9.1)

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Hi
I´m tring to install Psychtoolbox using Octave version 9.1. I followed all the steps outlined on the Psychtoolbox website for downloading: http://psychtoolbox.org/
The problem:
When i type SetupPsychtool, it starts running but then appears the following error:
"===================================================================================

WARNING: Your version 9.1.0 of Octave is incompatible with this release. We strongly recommend
WARNING: only using Octave 7.3 with this version of Psychtoolbox.
WARNING: Stuff may not work at all or only suboptimal with other versions and we
WARNING: don’t provide any support for such old versions.

Press any key to continue with setup.

============

ERROR: WaitSecs-MEX does not work, most likely other MEX files will not work either
.
ERROR: One reason might be that your version 9.1.0 of Octave is incompatible.
ERROR: Another conceivable reason would be missing or incompatible required system
libraries on your system.

ERROR: After fixing the problem, restart this installation/update routine.

Installation aborted.
Fix the reported problem and retry."

What can i do?

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I assume you’re using Linux system. If so, we have been using Octave 9.1 (due to an unexpected update), and everything works fine on our end. We even had a computer recently setup PTB from scratch with 9.1 Octave, and we haven’t seen any observable issue.

So, maybe double check your setup process?

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Thank you for the answer. I’m using Windows instead of linux, and i’ve tried to set it up multiple times, but nothing changes. I even tried deleting the program, reinstalling it and repeting the same steps.
Could it be because im using Windows?

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On windows, octave 7.3 is the supported version, not 9.1

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