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==Pre-requisites== | ==Pre-requisites== | ||
Setup your system the same way as described on the page [[Octave for Debian systems]]. The next step, required to generate the documentation, is to tweak a bit the texlive configuration file: (remember cygwin | Setup your system the same way as described on the page [[Octave for Debian systems]]. The next step, required to generate the documentation, is to tweak a bit the texlive configuration file: (remember cygwin has no sudo command) | ||
vi /usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c | vi /usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c | ||
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make -j 2 | make -j 2 | ||
It will fail after a looong time, while trying to launch ./run-octave. This is a well-known | It will fail after a looong time, while trying to launch ./run-octave. This is a well-known problem, partly caused by issues with the fork() call under Windows platforms. At this time, change run-octave to something simpler: | ||
#! /bin/sh | #! /bin/sh | ||
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This way: | This way: | ||
# | # The Octave libs and binaries have been generated, they will be copied into their final destination directory. | ||
# the doc has still to be built. With the modified "run-octave", the executable which will be called is the version just installed during the previous step. Now the doc generation will succeed, and so will its installation. | # the doc has still to be built. With the modified "run-octave", the executable which will be called is the version just installed during the previous step. Now the doc generation will succeed, and so will its installation. | ||
Enjoy! | Enjoy! | ||
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