Re: Win2K installation

[David Doolin]

In message <address@hidden>, "Car
los A. Neves" writes:
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>There is a instaler called Instaler VISE. It is the same used to do the 
>installation of the last version of GIMP for Window$. The website is: 
>www.mindvision.com. 

Last I checked Vise had an obnoxious license preventing me, 
a graduate student, from using their installer software.
The current Nullsoft installer that Tom is using is really
very slick, and ships with source.

The Windows install was flawless for me.  *Very* nice piece
of work there, and I can now start widening the octave
user base among my Windows only colleagues.

Dave D

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>Carlos A Neves
>
>On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Dr. Julian A. de Marchi wrote:
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>> The new GNU Octave for Windows installation has been tested on Windows 2000
>> by address@hidden and he reports that it worked fine.  He
>> mentions a brief "flash" of an error...  this would likely be at the end of
>> installation, when the same thing happens on NT.  I wrote a line to try to
>> launch Octave right away after installation completes (so you can play
>> without delay!).  However, this feature only seems to work on Windows 98.
>> I'll remove it for the next release.
>> 
>> In the meantime, "bigger" ideas are brewing for an update- and
>> slow-modem-friendly version of the installer.  If anyone out there has tips
>> on freeware or GPL installers for Windows with more capability than that by
>> NullSoft (purveyors of WinAmp) -- which is what we found and used so far --
>> please pass the word on.
>> 
>> Also, as an aside, I've been in touch with Matthew Roberts and his word has
>> it that octave.sourceforge.net may be back in town with a little help from
>> our octave friends out there.  Keep your channels locked for more info on
>> what's possibly -- after all -- the "new" place for Octave user contribution
>s
>> (while they await official release at octave.org!).
>> 
>> Cheers & Thanks,
>> Julian / matlinks.net
>> 
>> The latest GNU Octave for Windows 95/98/NT/2K can be found at
>> http://download.sourceforge.net/matlinks/octave-windows-2000oct25d.exe
>> 
>> 
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