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Re: Windows installer
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Philip Nienhuis |
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Re: Windows installer |
Date: |
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:56:17 -0800 (PST) |
John W. Eaton wrote
> On 01/10/2014 07:31 AM, Philip Nienhuis wrote:
>
>> While we're here, the build_packages script may require some changes:
>>
>> 1. Many developers here think that packages shouldn't be loaded by
>> default.
>> So should the "-auto" flags be changed into "-noauto"?
>
> I added -auto because I was trying to deliver something that would
> have those packages loaded by default. That's what my customer was
> expecting.
OK, so we're overruled :-)
>> 3. The "-global" flag makes no difference, that is, not on my 3 Windows
>> boxes; it can be dropped I think unless it works or is required on Mac
>> OSX.
>> Besides, the Windows installer makes shortcuts (Start Menu, desktop) for
>> the
>> current user only.
>
> Doesn't -global put the packages and the package list in a directory
> under $OCTAVE_HOME instead of the user's $HOME? If compiled packages
> are included in the installer, then I think this is what we need.
> Also, I recall that the package list file uses absolute path names, so
> those need to be patched up by the installer to match the actual
> location of the installed files.
Ah, I now realize that "-global" is simply the default; it does put OF
packages in the <OCTAVE_HOME>/[share|lib]/octave/package hierarchy.
"-local" tries to put it in the "HOME" dir (actually %USERPROFILE%\octave),
indeed.
On Windows I'd prefer to have OF packages in the OCTAVE_HOME hierarchy. I
use several Octave versions next to each other and they aren't fully
compatible, not even at m-file level.
Philip
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