Re: About the "pre-built installers" on the OF website

[Julien Bect]

Le 15/07/2016 à 11:31, PhilipNienhuis a écrit :
> If the links to the installers are to be retained it could be positioned
> more downward or at the bottom, and then I like to see some mention that all
> major Linux distros feature prebuilt core Octave packages and prebuilt OF
> packages.
> Maybe even mention that it can be handier to use the distro-supplied
> packages rather than install OF packages outside your distro's package
> manager? (I don't care for my own systems but for many people, package
> managers are a real help)

Hi Philip,

Sure, having a page somewhere that explains the various manners of 
getting octave forge packages is useful.  There were recent discussions 
about this, I don't remember if it was on the bug tracker or in the 
mailing list.

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Actually, such a page already exists in the wiki : 
http://wiki.octave.org/Octave-Forge#Installing_packages.

I would suggest improving this page if needed, and then linking to it 
from the OF index.html (and perhaps also from the Octave FAQ).

Another option would be to move this information to the FAQ, with an 
entry such as ""How do I install Octave Forge packages ?".

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Actually, the OF website and the wiki contradict each other on this.

The OF website advertises the "pkg install -forge ..." approach on its 
first page (inside a BIG orange box), while the wiki recommends the 
system package manager.

That is the risk of having several places to give the same information...

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I will prepare on the wiki a draft of a page dedicated to the various 
ways of installing Octave Forge packages.

Then we can decide whethere to leave it on the wiki and link to it from 
various relevant places, or move it to the OF website.

@++
Julien