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Re: Ubuntu 12.04 "pkg install" does not work


From: c.
Subject: Re: Ubuntu 12.04 "pkg install" does not work
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 16:59:02 +0200

On 6 Sep 2013, at 15:13, Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso <address@hidden> wrote:

> They don't.

What I meant is the following lines in "octave.conf" installed from

from 
"http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/o/octave/octave_3.6.4-3.debian.tar.gz":

  suffix = "/octave/packages";
  pkg ("prefix", sprintf ("%s%s", octave_config_info ("datadir"), suffix),
               sprintf ("%s%s", octave_config_info ("libdir"), suffix));
  clear suffix;

this automatically switches the installation prefix to system directories that 
are not accessible
to normal users, therefore by default only superuser may install packages.

I don't understand why this is necessary.

c.

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