Re: diff in octave and octave-forge

[Søren Hauberg]

Hi,

roberto wrote:
> Hi all,
> i am currently using debian sarge and two different packages are downloadable:
> octave and octave-forge
>
> i have installed and currently using octave 2.1.69 but what are the
> differences with octave-forge??
> can i install octave-forge without conflict with octave 2.1?
> programs in octave 2.1 are compatibles with octave-forge?
Octave-forge is an "add-on" to octave. So you can install both. Basicly 
the code in Octave is of very high quality and is good documented, while 
the code in Octave-Forge can be more hackish and sometimes isn't very 
well documented.

> my question is especially related to the problem of saving plots under
> linux as described in
> http://www.octave.org/octave-lists/archive/help-octave.2005/msg01137.html
Simply install both octave and octave-forge and you should have the 
functionality.

> thank you very much, any help is appreciated  : )
Hope that helps :-)

/Søren



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