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      # emerge --sync
+Add USE flag 'curl' for remote forge packages fetching into your <code>/etc/portage/package.use</code> file
+ sci-mathematics/octave curl
+and emerge Octave
      # emerge octave
-    # emerge octave-forge (optional, this package is provided via the "octave" overlay)
+Since Octave ver. > 3.4.0 is able to fetch forge packages from URL, packages like ''octave-forge'' or ''g-octave'' are no more needed.
+Before installing any Octave-Forge package you must run in Octave command prompt
+ pkg -forge list
+and then install your favourite packages. Typically, you have to start with
+ pkg install -forge general
 =Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS=