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The best (and recommended) way to use Octave on Windows is to use the provided installers (see above). But for some special requirements, the version of Octave packaged by MSYS2 might be the better solution. Those special requirements might include:
The best (and recommended) way to use Octave on Windows is to use the provided installers (see above). But for some special requirements, the version of Octave packaged by MSYS2 might be the better solution. Those special requirements might include:
* Users might want to use e.g. Octave packages that depend on third party packages not included in MXE Octave.
* Users might want to use e.g. Octave packages that depend on third party packages not included in MXE Octave (e.g., the Pythonic package that depends on a native Windows Python installation).
* Users might need features of newer versions of packages that are included in an older version in MXE Octave.
* Users might need features of newer versions of packages than which are included in MXE Octave.
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