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=== Octave Package management === | === Octave Package management === | ||
Octave | [[Packages]] are extensions for Octave, that are mainly maintained by the [[Octave Forge]] community. | ||
To get those extension to work with Octave, there is a single function, {{manual|pkg}}, which does pretty much everything. | |||
This function has a few limitations which are hard to implement with the current codebase, and will most likely require a full rewrite. | This function has a few limitations which are hard to implement with the current codebase, and will most likely require a full rewrite. | ||
A major step forward for a rewritten package manager is the [https://github.com/apjanke/octave-packajoozle/ "packajoozle" project] by Andrew Janke. | A major step forward for a rewritten package manager is the [https://github.com/apjanke/octave-packajoozle/ "packajoozle" project] by Andrew Janke. | ||
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* support for system-wide and user installed packages | * support for system-wide and user installed packages | ||
* testing packages (<code>pkg test <package-name></code>) | * testing packages (<code>pkg test <package-name></code>) | ||
* improved metadata acquisition (<code>pkg list -forge</code>) from https://octave.sourceforge.io/ | |||
The main objective of this project is to make {{manual|pkg}} more user friendly and to make it a tool to foster third party participation in Octave. | The main objective of this project is to make {{manual|pkg}} more user friendly and to make it a tool to foster third party participation in Octave. | ||