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 ==== comments ====
-why not store the "packages.db" together with the packages? instead of loading the a packages database file,
+:Why not store the "packages.db" together with the packages? instead of loading the a packages database file. Then, Diana could just say {{Codeline|pkg addpath ~Ligia/octave}}
-then, Diana could just say
+:: Because she might want to use some of her packages, not all. This adding the .db file to her instance of Octave will not load the package, she still needs to load it. And she may want to load only some of them.
-pkg addpath ~Ligia/octave
 === Case 5 ===