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Remove note about Win XP and package installation issues, as we do no longer support that OS. Some minor improvement.
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# Extract the file content to a directory on the harddrive (such as {{Path|C:\Octave}}). Spaces or non-ASCII characters in the path are discouraged and may cause program errors.
# Extract the file content to a directory on the harddrive (such as {{Path|C:\Octave}}). Spaces or non-ASCII characters in the path are discouraged and may cause program errors.
# Manually create a shortcut  to the {{Path|octave.vbs}} file in the main installation directory. (Right-click on the file, select 'Create Shortcut', and move the new shortcut to your desired location.)  
# Manually create a shortcut  to the {{Path|octave.vbs}} file in the main installation directory. (Right-click on the file, select 'Create Shortcut', and move the new shortcut to your desired location.)  
# If a command-line only instance of Octave is desired, the user can create a shortcut as stated above, right-click on the shortcut, select Properties, and add ''--no-gui'' to the end of the Target field.
# If a command-line only instance of Octave is desired, the user can create a shortcut as stated above, right-click on the shortcut, select Properties, and add <code>--no-gui</code> to the end of the Target field.
# Run the {{Path|post-install.bat}} file before running Octave the first time to reduce plot delays due to the Windows font cache and make the pre-installed packages visible to the system.
# Run the {{Path|post-install.bat}} file before running Octave the first time to reduce plot delays due to the Windows font cache and make the pre-installed packages visible to the system.


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A typical output (for version {{Release}}) is:
A typical output (for version {{Release}}) is:
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
  Package Name         | Version | Installation directory
  Package Name       | Version | Installation directory
  --------------------+---------+-----------------------
  --------------------+---------+-----------------------
     communications  |  1.2.1 | C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0-W\mingw64\share\octave\packages\communications-1.2.1
     communications  |  1.2.1 | C:\Octave\OCTAVE~1.0-W\mingw64\share\octave\packages\communications-1.2.1
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Detailed instructions for installing individual Octave Forge packages are given at https://octave.sourceforge.io/packages.php.
Detailed instructions for installing individual Octave Forge packages are given at https://octave.sourceforge.io/packages.php.


 
=GNU Octave on [https://cygwin.com/ cygwin]=
'''Note that a security related issue in Windows XP currently prevents Octave from retrieving packages from the website automatically. When running under that Operating System manual package installation is necessary.'''
 
=GNU Octave 4.4.1 on [https://cygwin.com/ cygwin]=


*'''Maintainer:''' Marco Atzeri  
*'''Maintainer:''' Marco Atzeri  

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