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Re: Wiki : Octave for GNU/Linux


From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA
Subject: Re: Wiki : Octave for GNU/Linux
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 13:19:58 +0900 (JST)

> From: Mike Miller 

> To: Tatsuro MATSUOKA 
> Cc: octave-maintainers
> Date: 2019/2/10, Sun 08:39
> Subject: Re: Wiki : Octave for GNU/Linux
> 
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 08:07:32 +0900, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
>>  Wiki for Octave for GNU/Linux
>> 
>>  http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_GNU/Linux
>> 
>>  The below is described:
>> 
>>  The recommended way for installing Octave and Octave-Forge packages on
>>  GNU/Linux systems is via each distribution package installation
>>  system.
> 
> That's still the best recommendation.
> 
>>  However, version of octave of each distribution package is not always 
> latest.
> 
> Right.
> 
>>  The octave by flatpak is now mentioned in octave main.
>>  However, on flatpack we cannot install Octave-Forge packages at present.
>> 
>  
> http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/package-installing-from-flatpak-flathub-td4689943.html
>  
> 
> I don't think that's right. I have successfully installed and tested
> various Octave Forge packages with the flatpak build of Octave. Can you
> be more specific?

> I suggested in that thread 3 months ago that people should report issues
> installing specific packages.


Ubuntu 16.04 

$ sudo flatpak run org.octave.Octave


octave:1> pkg install -forge -verbose control
warning: creating installation directory /app/share/octave/packages
warning: called from
    install at line 30 column 5
    pkg at line 437 column 9
error: could not create installation directory: Read-only file system
error: called from
    install at line 33 column 7
    pkg at line 437 column 9

The control package is very popular package.
(I use signal package and signal package requires control package)


>>  I am an Ubuntu user and always build octave from source to use the latest
>>  octave and octave-forge packages.
>> 
>> 
>>  On Ubuntu, build octave from source is not so difficult if one get build
>>  instruction
>>  https://www.scivision.co/compiling-octave-4-on-ubuntu/
>> 
>>  I think that build information is better also be included in 
>> 
>>  http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_GNU/Linux
> 
> I disagree. I don't think that page should include all of the details of
> how to build Octave from source. That page is a gateway to specific
> instructions for each distribution. It should remain very high-level and
> show how to install Octave simply using each distro package manager.
> 
> The specifics about building Octave on Debian and Ubuntu systems are at
> 
>   https://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Debian_systems

OK. I understand.
However, some dependencies (e.g. version of qt is 4) are outdated.

Information build from source is required for power uses who 
want use development version of octave. 

Information here are better to be updated.

Appearance of WSL, the easiest way to use development 
octave on windows 10 (64bit) is to build octave on WSL.

I sometimes build dev. octave on WSL.

Tatsuro



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