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[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51632] MS Windows portable (i.e. zip) version
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Tasos Papastylianou |
Subject: |
[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51632] MS Windows portable (i.e. zip) version cannot find pre-installed packages, needs pkg rebuild, not mentioned at first run |
Date: |
Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:57:32 -0400 (EDT) |
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URL:
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Summary: MS Windows portable (i.e. zip) version cannot find
pre-installed packages, needs pkg rebuild, not mentioned at first run
Project: GNU Octave
Submitted by: tpapastylianou
Submitted on: Mon 31 Jul 2017 06:57:31 PM UTC
Category: Configuration and Build System
Severity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - Normal
Item Group: Documentation
Status: None
Assigned to: None
Originator Name: Tasos Papastylianou <poacheR>
Originator Email:
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Release: 4.2.1
Operating System: Microsoft Windows
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Details:
As per this StackOverflow post: https://stackoverflow.com/q/45399494/4183191
The need to run pkg rebuild (plus pkg update) in order for the preinstalled
packages to become accessible in the zipped version, while documented
somewhere on the wiki, it is highly unlikely that a new user would know this
in advance, and is likely to be a source of frustration and "first papercut"
to the very first experience of installing octave on windows in that way.
While there are probably good technical reasons to not provide a generic
octave_packages file in the portable version (presumably the paths need to be
hardcoded and absolute), this information would probably need to be documented
in the README file, and / or in the information window that comes up at first
launch, informing the new user of this problem, and / or redirecting to the
wiki for further instructions at the very least.
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