[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #44548] pkg install defaults to global in Microsoft Windows

[Mike Miller]

Update of bug #44548 (project octave):

                Severity:              3 - Normal => 1 - Wish               
              Item Group:    Installation Failure => Feature Request        
                 Summary: pkg install fails in Microsoft Windows (file
permission) => pkg install defaults to global in Microsoft Windows

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Follow-up Comment #1:

Thanks for your bug report. Yes, the default is to do a global install on
Windows, or on unixy systems if you are the superuser. There is a FIXME
comment in pkg.m about whether this could be done in a different way on
Windows. And as you saw, the "-local" option is always available to override
the default.

Btw, I think there has been some discussion to eliminate the distinction
between global and local package installation in the larger plans for the pkg
command, but I can't remember exactly.

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