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The output for preinstalled global packages included with version 6. | The output for preinstalled global packages included with version 6.4.0 when installed into {{Path|C:\Octave}} is: | ||
Package Name | Version | Installation directory | Package Name | Version | Installation directory | ||
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windows | 1.6.1 | C:\Octave\octave-6.4.0-w64\mingw64\share\octave\packages\windows-1.6.1 | windows | 1.6.1 | C:\Octave\octave-6.4.0-w64\mingw64\share\octave\packages\windows-1.6.1 | ||
zeromq | 1.5.3 | C:\Octave\octave-6.4.0-w64\mingw64\share\octave\packages\zeromq-1.5.3 | zeromq | 1.5.3 | C:\Octave\octave-6.4.0-w64\mingw64\share\octave\packages\zeromq-1.5.3 | ||
Note that the included packages shown above are stored in the default ''global package location'' within the Octave installation folder. If any 'local' packages were previously installed with another version of windows, they might also appear in the list at the local location. It is recommended that any such packages be uninstalled and reinstalled to guarantee compatibility with the current version of octave. | Note that the included packages shown above are stored in the default ''global package location'' within the Octave installation folder. If any 'local' packages were previously installed with another version of windows, they might also appear in the list at the local location. It is recommended that any such packages be uninstalled and reinstalled to guarantee compatibility with the current version of octave. | ||
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To use Octave in MSYS2, install the MSYS2 environment following [https://www.msys2.org/#installation their instructions]. At the <code>bash</code> shell (use e.g. "MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit" from the start menu), update the installation by <code>pacman -Syu</code>. After that, install a version of Octave that matches your environment (and the shell you are using), e.g. <code>pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-octave</code>. | To use Octave in MSYS2, install the MSYS2 environment following [https://www.msys2.org/#installation their instructions]. At the <code>bash</code> shell (use e.g. "MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit" from the start menu), update the installation by <code>pacman -Syu</code>. After that, install a version of Octave that matches your environment (and the shell you are using), e.g. <code>pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-octave</code>. | ||
This will install (among others), the main executables of Octave <code>octave-gui</code> (linked with Qt, i.e., including the "qt" graphics toolkit and the GUI) | This will install (among others), the main executables of Octave <code>octave-gui</code> (linked with Qt, i.e., including the "qt" graphics toolkit and the GUI), <code>octave-cli</code> (linked without Qt, i.e., only "fltk" and "gnuplot" graphics toolkits and no GUI), and the wrapper executable <code>octave</code> that dispatches to one of the former executables depending on the used command line switches. The Octave GUI can be started with <code>octave --gui</code> from MSYS2's <code>bash</code> shell, the command line interface (CLI) with <code>octave</code>. | ||
=GNU Octave on [https://cygwin.com/ cygwin]= | =GNU Octave on [https://cygwin.com/ cygwin]= | ||
*'''Maintainer:''' Marco Atzeri | *'''Maintainer:''' Marco Atzeri | ||
*'''Latest release:''' | *'''Latest release:''' 2021-01-06 | ||
*Latest packages: | *Latest packages: | ||
:octave- | :octave-6.4.0-1 | ||
:Its announce on cygwin mailing list [https:// | :Its announce on cygwin mailing list [https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin-announce/2022-January/010389.html] | ||
:Octave Forge packages have each a cygwin package. | :Octave Forge packages have each a cygwin package. | ||
:Its announce on cygwin mailing list [https:// | :Its announce on cygwin mailing list [https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/cygwin-announce/2017-01/msg00078.html] | ||
: Full cygwin package list is available here [https://cygwin.com/packages/] | : Full cygwin package list is available here [https://cygwin.com/packages/] | ||
: At 2017-04-06, 64 forge packages were available. | : At 2017-04-06, 64 forge packages were available. | ||
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==Notes for cygwin== | ==Notes for cygwin== | ||
* To build GNU Octave from cygwin source package, you need to install "cygport" and the relevant development libraries | * To build GNU Octave from cygwin source package, you need to install "cygport" and the relevant development libraries | ||
:<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | :<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
tar -xf octave- | tar -xf octave-6.4.0-1-src.tar.xz | ||
cygport octave.cygport almostall | cygport octave.cygport almostall | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
:see | :see cygport documentation at /usr/share/doc/cygport/html/manual/toc_index.html for further info. | ||
=General info= | =General info= | ||