Re: Diff between Octave win installer and non-installer exe version

[Nicholas Jankowski]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 1:45 PM, Frankie Lee <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi,

I see win 64-bit has both versions, what are their difference? Also, do we have to plugin module for doing machine learning task? Thanks.

Frankie

both versions are the same, the only difference is that the zip version does not automatically create shortcuts to the program, etc. It also does not require Admin rights to install.

Octave uses Packages for additional functionality.  The windows versions come with a number of pre-installed packages. you can see these by typing:

>> pkg list

If you use the zip-file installer, you need to type:

>> pkg rebuild

first so that octave can find the packages.

see the detailed installation instructions here:

http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Microsoft_Windows