Re: Installing Octave

[Martin Helm]

On Montag, 5. September 2011 00:41:25 Sergei Steshenko wrote:
> >________________________________
> >From: Ana Mónica Lourenço <address@hidden>
> >To:
> >Cc: address@hidden
> >Sent: Monday, September 5, 2011 1:16 AM
> >Subject: Re: Installing Octave
> >
> >
> >Hi,
> >Thanks for your e-mails. I am really new in this things and i need your
> >help. I am a little bit confused.
> >
> >I just have access to the computer by the command line using the command
> >ssh. The version of the computer is:
> >openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64)
> >VERSION = 11.1
> >
> >I can download the packages and then I can copy the files to the computer
> >using the command line. Where can I download the packages and what are
> >the commands that i have to use to install them?
> >
> >I really appreciate your help
> >Monica
> 
> You are asking wrongish questions.
> 
> In SUSE, and not only in SUSEm you typically do not want to deal
> with dependencies manually, you'd rather want package the package
> manager to deal with the issue.
> 
> Through GUI you invoke the package manager through 'yast2' coomand.
> 
> You need to add repositories.
> 
> You apparently need the scientific repository.
> 
> Here is one:
> 
> http://anorien.warwick.ac.uk/mirrors/opensuse/science/SLE_11/
> .
> 
This repository will not work it is for the enterprise version and not 
compatible with openSUSE 11.1 (which is anyway end of life and the science 
repository for it does not longer exist).