RE: octave forge package windows 1.2.3 released

[JohnD]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Crozier [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 6:36 AM
> To: John Donoghue
> Cc: Richard Crozier; 'octave-maintainers'
> Subject: Re: octave forge package windows 1.2.3 released
> 
> Quoting John Donoghue <address@hidden> on Tue, 1 Mar
> 2016 06:12:01 -0500:
> 
> > On 03/01/2016 03:33 AM, Richard Crozier wrote:
> >> On 29/02/16 18:36, JohnD wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Version 1.2.3 of the windows package [1] has been released.
> >>>
> >>> The Windows package provides a subset of the Matlab COM interface to
> >>> GNU octave for Windows users, allowing users to control applications
> >>> via OLE automation services.
> >>>
> >>> This release is a bugfix/documentation release, allowing the windows
> >>> package to compile from octave 4.0.0, provide help documentation for
> >>> the functions, and some initial tests for testing the package.
> >>>
> >>> Enjoy!
> >>>
> >>> JohnD
> >>>
> >>> [1] http://octave.sourceforge.net/windows/
> >>>
> >>
> >> quick question, can this be installed using
> >>
> >> pkg install windows -forge
> >>
> >> ?
> >>
> >> Thanks, Richard
> >>
> >
> > Yes, it should behave as all other packages
> >
> >> pkg install -forge windows
> > and then
> >> pkg load windows
> > to use it
> >
> >
> >
> 
> ok, thanks, I only ask as I was under the impression the windows builds 
> required
> the packages to be precompiled for them, e.g. using the mxe build system, and
> in general couldn't be installed this way (I could just try it, but don't 
> have a
> windows machine and am asking more for the benefit of colleagues).
> 
> Richard
> 
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In general packages should install under the Windows version of Octave, just 
the same as they will under linux.

That is as long as they have any required dependencies available when being 
installed (which is handled by mxe-octave for the precompiled packages)

There are a few packages that need to be patched in order to compile, however 
they are slowly becoming fewer.