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Re: educate after "pkg install"
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Juan Pablo Carbajal |
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Re: educate after "pkg install" |
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Fri, 13 Mar 2015 13:20:57 +0100 |
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Colin Macdonald
<address@hidden> wrote:
> A private email from a new person using my package:
>> I managed to ...
>> --- 8< ---
>> However, it seems that this package was somehow not installed ?
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>> octave:6> pkg install -forge symbolic
>> For information about changes from previous versions of the symbolic
>> package, run 'news symbolic'.
>> octave:7> help sym
>> error: help: 'sym' not found
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> 1. We might be better saying:
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> Run 'pkg load symbolic' to use this package. Run 'news symbolic' for
> recent changes.
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Sounds like a good idea. Would you send a patch?
> (At least if the package and user do not specify autoload.)
autoload is deprecated!
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> 2. Also, should "-forge" just be the default unless the argument is a
> filename (ends in .tar.gz or .zip?)
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> Colin
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