Re: Octave advocacy

[Javier Arántegui]

Hello,

El Viernes, 17 de Septiembre de 2004 18:14, Quentin Spencer escribió:
> One problem I
> see is the RPM-based Linux distributions generally include octave but
> not octave-forge (Debian users don't have this problem thanks to Dirk).
> It would be nice to get octave-forge included in more distributions.

I am not the "average" linux user. In fact I am bellow the average user, 
probably you could call me a newcomer. I use Linux in the same way I could 
use MS Windows. So, I prefer to install RPM binaries than compile the 
programs myself.

Usually the problem is not the compilation process itself what I find 
difficult. It's uninstalling software what I think it's more complex. 
Sometimes there is a 'make unistall' with the source but many times not. 
Lately I have solved this problem creating myself the RPM files. To do this, 
I am using 'checkinstall' instead 'make install' in the compilation process. 
Checkinstall is one of the packets of my favourite distribution (SUSE 9.1 
Pro) and can be found at <http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/>.

Best regards,

Javier

English is not my mother tongue, so expect bad grammar and reduced vocabulary.



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