Re: Windows installer

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On Mon, 2014-01-06 at 08:46 -0500, John W. Eaton wrote:
> On 01/06/2014 08:35 AM, Richard Crozier wrote:
> > On 06/01/2014 13:16, Markus wrote:
> >> For me it's more "lightweight" without packages. Furthermore >> pkg
> >> install -forge -auto PKGNAME is not very difficult.
> >
> >
> > Does that actually work on Windows for packages which must be compiled?
> 
> It should, because the Octave installer includes GCC and other build
> tools.

It won't work seamlessly for some of the more esoteric packages that
have external dependencies, like instrument control or GSL. Probably
not a huge concern, though.

- Jordi G. H.