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From: | pantxo diribarne |
Subject: | Re: octave on linux Mint |
Date: | Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:58:25 +0200 |
On 20 July 2012 11:56, pantxo diribarne <address@hidden> wrote:There isn't a signifcant difference between 3.6.1 and 3.6.2, so this
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> 2012/7/20 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>
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>> On 20 July 2012 08:09, pantxo diribarne <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>> > I installed linux Mint13 (Cinamon/Mate) on a brand new workstation and
>> > want
>> > to install latest Octave release. I saw that it was supposed to be
>> > available
>> > on this platform
>> > (http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Octave_for_GNU/Linux), but I
>> > couldn't figure out the way to install it.
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>> I don't know much about Linux Mint, but it's my understanding that the
>> Ubuntu repositories should be usable on Mint. If so, try to use these
>> Ubuntu PPAs for Octave before you attempt to build it from source:
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>> http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Octave_for_GNU_Linux:_Binary_Octave_packages_for_GNU_Linux#Unofficial_binaries
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>> - Jordi G. H.
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>
> Thank you all for your answers.
>
> I already tried the unofficial binary for ubuntu (cited by Jordi) and I can
> confirm it works on Mint-Cinamon but it's 3.6.1 and it does not feature all
> the OF packages I need.
shouldn't matter.
I think this PPA hasn't backported all of the OF packages, but you can
build them yourself with "pkg install" if you first install
liboctave-devel from this PPA.
HTH,
- Jordi G. H.
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