Talk:OEP:pkg
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Names of the commands
Discussing user cases
User case #6
- Why not store the "packages.db" together with the packages? Instead of loading the a packages database file. Then, Diana could just say
pkg addpath ~Ligia/octave- The packages.db is stored with the packages. However, pkg purpose is to deal with packages, abstracting the user from Octave's function search path. If the user wants to add paths manually, then he can use
addpathdirectly. Plus, adding the db file will only make the packages available to pkg, it does not load the packages. It may have packages she is not interested in loading.
- The packages.db is stored with the packages. However, pkg purpose is to deal with packages, abstracting the user from Octave's function search path. If the user wants to add paths manually, then he can use