Octave for Red Hat Linux systems: Difference between revisions

Added a hint to get -larpack working on centOS
(Added a hint to get -larpack working on centOS)
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     yum -y install qt-devel mercurial gcc-c++ lapack-devel libtool
     yum -y install qt-devel mercurial gcc-c++ lapack-devel libtool
     yum -y install epstool transfig pstoedit qscintilla-devel
     yum -y install epstool transfig pstoedit qscintilla-devel
The arpack-devel package distributed with CentOS 7 (arpack-devel-3.1.3-2.el7.x86_64) seems a bit old, as routine "seupdate" seems not recognized during
the "configure" step. This can be solved by installing arpack from github:
    git clone git@github.com:opencollab/arpack-ng.gitAug.
    cd arpack-ng
    ./bootstrap
    ./configure --prefix="some local prefix"
    make; make install
Current release as of Aug. 20th 2018 seems to compile OK when CentOS blas-devel


===== prepare installation of octave =====
===== prepare installation of octave =====
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