Octave for Debian systems: Difference between revisions

Octave for Debian systems (view source)

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 === Obtaining the Source ===
-The source files can be obtained as a tarball from [https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/], or by cloning from the [[Mercurial|mercurial repositories]].  Note that, if you use mercurial, you will need to call {{Codeline|./bootstrap}} to generate the necessary scripts before configuration.
+The source code for Octave releases can be obtained as a tarball from [https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/].  The source code for development versions is available by cloning the [[Mercurial|mercurial repository]].
+=== Bootstrap ===
+If you are building development versions instead of an actual Octave release, you will need to run the {{Codeline|./bootstrap}} script.
 === Configuration ===