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install script problem with OS/2 version
From: |
Wonkoo Kim |
Subject: |
install script problem with OS/2 version |
Date: |
Tue, 04 Feb 97 20:41:10 -0500 |
I just got octave 2.02 from Hobbes.nmsu.edu.
However, its installaion script inst-octave.cmd is almost unusable for
me. inst-octave.cmd has many problems that
- it failed to parse config.sys line if it start with blank spaces.
- it stopped with just blank screen during installation without
message (I know why. It was when prompting for a user input, but
stdio was redirected to NUL in the .cmd script. Removing screen
log messages during installation seems to be not a good idea.)
- it tried to delete octave\* files (I unpacked under \math\octave\)
- unzip needs '-o' option. (I unpacked package over old octave dir.)
- Even if config.sys had correct settings, it created new
config.sys but with wrong duplicated octave paths.
- it assumes that INFOPATH is a single path and ends with '/',
but this assumption is wrong. (e.g. INFOPATH=.;d:/lib/gnuinfo)
- I touched .cmd here and there, but it still wasn't perfect.
I didn't bother myself more with this script and decided to go for
manual installation.
Anyway, I thank Klaus Gebhardt for this OS/2 version.
A question:
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G:\tmp>octave
Octave 2.0.2 for OS/2 2.x and Warp.
(Patchlevel 2.02-b01).
Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton.
OS/2-Port by Klaus Gebhardt, 1996 - 1997.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details, type `warranty'.
error: No such file or directory
octave:1>
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Why do I have "error: No such ..." line in the above?
(Where is the proper place for octaverc? I had it in
octave\scripts\startup\, but copying it to .octaverc or to HOME dir
didn't remove the error message. However octave is working well.)
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// Wonkoo Kim (address@hidden)
- install script problem with OS/2 version,
Wonkoo Kim <=