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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">echo 'makeinfo_program (sprintf ("%s && cd %s/../usr/bin && perl makeinfo", OCTAVE_HOME ()(1:2), OCTAVE_HOME ()));' >> "${MINGW_PREFIX}/share/octave/site/m/startup/octaverc"</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">echo 'makeinfo_program (sprintf ("%s && cd %s/../usr/bin && perl makeinfo", OCTAVE_HOME ()(1:2), OCTAVE_HOME ()));' >> "${MINGW_PREFIX}/share/octave/site/m/startup/octaverc"</syntaxhighlight>


A relocation issue with the graphicsmagick library in MSYS2 might cause Octave to crash on certain commands unless it is installed to the default location. To avoid this possible crashes, install Octave (from the MSYS2 shell in {{Path|.build}}) before using it:
A relocation issue with the graphicsmagick library in MSYS2 might cause Octave to crash on certain commands unless it is installed to the default location. To avoid these possible crashes, install Octave (from the MSYS2 shell in {{Path|.build}}) before using it:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">make install</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">make install</syntaxhighlight>


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