Re: Upgrading qtoctive to run octave 3.0.0

[Doug Stewart]

Doug Stewart wrote:
> I have confirmed that it is easy to upgrade the qtoctave package from
>
> Tatsuro's web page to run octave-3.0.0 
>
>
> 1) install qtoctave from
>
> http://www.geocities.jp/tmacchant5/qtoctave0.6.8_octave2.9.15_Portable_win32.zip
>
> 2) read the notes  and do it. From his web page:
>    Note for using octave-forge packages in the QtOctave Portable 
> <http://www.geocities.jp/tmoctwin/qtoctport.html>
>
> 3) install octave 3.0.0 from his web page.
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2888
> actually it is this one.
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/octave/octave-3.0.0-setup.exe?modtime=1198873480&big_mirror=0
>
> 4)Now find the octave that is under the qtoctave folder and delete it.
> On my machine it is:
> E:\qtoctave-0.6.8\Octave
>
> Then find the new octave 3.0.0 folder and copy it.
> On my machine it is
> C:\Program Files\Octave
> And mow paste it into qtoctve's folder where you deleted the old octave.
>
> This worked for me  and this is what I will be getting my students to 
> use this semester.
> It also works from a memory key. :-)
>
>
>   
This actually it did not work as I was expecting. It was still using the 
packages from the "C" drive.

The better way was to install the new octave directly to the qtoctave 
directory.
Doug