[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #44548] pkg install fails in Microsoft Windows (file permission)

[Oliver Heimlich]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44548>

                 Summary: pkg install fails in Microsoft Windows (file
permission)
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: oheim
            Submitted on: Mo 16 Mär 2015 07:36:45 CET
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Installation Failure
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Oliver Heimlich
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.0.0-rc1
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

I have tested the 4.0.0-rc1 on Microsoft Windows 7 and ran into a problem
installing packages (from Octave Forge). I have used “pkg install -forge
packagename” and GNU Octave tried to install the package globally. However,
the application has been run without administrator privileges and failed to
write into the program folder. “pkg install -local” works perfectly.

I suggest to change the bevaiour of pkg as follows (in Microsoft Windows): If
the application is run with administrator privileges (or better check for
write permission on the program folder?!), pkg uses -global. Otherwise it uses
-local.

This would be consistent with the behaviour on GNU/Linux, where GNU Octave
installs packages globally with root privileges only.




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