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Re: Octave advocacy
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Javier Arántegui |
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Re: Octave advocacy |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:38:59 +0200 |
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Hello,
El Viernes, 17 de Septiembre de 2004 18:14, Quentin Spencer escribió:
> One problem I
> see is the RPM-based Linux distributions generally include octave but
> not octave-forge (Debian users don't have this problem thanks to Dirk).
> It would be nice to get octave-forge included in more distributions.
I am not the "average" linux user. In fact I am bellow the average user,
probably you could call me a newcomer. I use Linux in the same way I could
use MS Windows. So, I prefer to install RPM binaries than compile the
programs myself.
Usually the problem is not the compilation process itself what I find
difficult. It's uninstalling software what I think it's more complex.
Sometimes there is a 'make unistall' with the source but many times not.
Lately I have solved this problem creating myself the RPM files. To do this,
I am using 'checkinstall' instead 'make install' in the compilation process.
Checkinstall is one of the packets of my favourite distribution (SUSE 9.1
Pro) and can be found at <http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/>.
Best regards,
Javier
English is not my mother tongue, so expect bad grammar and reduced vocabulary.
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- Octave distribution (was: Re: Octave advocacy), (continued)
- Re: Octave distribution (was: Re: Octave advocacy), Dirk Eddelbuettel, 2004/09/17
- Re: Octave distribution (was: Re: Octave advocacy), Paul Kienzle, 2004/09/17
- Re: Octave distribution, Jonathan Stickel, 2004/09/18
- Re: Octave distribution, Paul Kienzle, 2004/09/18
- Re: Octave distribution (was: Re: Octave advocacy), Stefan van der Walt, 2004/09/22
Re: Octave advocacy, Keith Goodman, 2004/09/17
Re: Octave advocacy,
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Fwd: Re: Octave advocacy, Victor Munoz, 2004/09/17