Re: GMP + Octave Interpreter

[pkienzle]

On 3 Nov 2003 at 10:49, address@hidden wrote:


I want apt-get, complete with dependencies and the ability
to build from source.

I would also like to support matlab, so that packages such as 
Alois' TSA toolbox can be installed on either octave or matlab.

Please look at the CRAN site for how they've done it for R.

I don't know if this is doable in source-forge.

Paul Kienzle
address@hidden

> Hey Paul,
> 
> So it sounds like you want an 'Octave CPAN', rather than an Octave
> module system, yes? 
> 
> If we were to work on it, would the web-space available through SF be
> adequate?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> ~Tomer
> 
> On Nov 3, 2003 at 6:45am, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> pkienz >Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 06:45:41 +0000
> pkienz >From: address@hidden
> pkienz >To: address@hidden, address@hidden
> pkienz >Subject: Re: GMP + Octave Interpreter
> pkienz >
> pkienz >On 3 Nov 2003 at 8:04, Tomer Altman wrote: 
> pkienz >> On Nov 3, 2003 at 12:39am, address@hidden wrote:
> pkienz >> pkienz >The better solution to my mind is an archive of octave
> pkienz >> pkienz >extensions tied directly into octave so that users
> pkienz >> pkienz >can discover what packages are available and
> pkienz >> pkienz >download them as needed.  However, to date nobody
> pkienz >> pkienz >has put such a beast together.
> pkienz >> 
> pkienz >> Wait, I don't follow you here. You mean instead of the Octave-Forge
> pkienz >> index, there should be a menu of extensions to Octave ("*.oct 
> files")
> pkienz >> that are bundled with the main distro, and those that are provided 
> by
> pkienz >> Octave-Forge, for means of comparison? I'm confused.
> pkienz >
> pkienz >Not everyone wants every package, and some packages
> pkienz >are large or specialized.  Rather than installing
> pkienz >octave-forege as a monolithic package, it should be 
> pkienz >possible to install individual components as needed.
> pkienz >
> pkienz >Also not every package that supports octave is part of 
> pkienz >octave-forge. We need a service where people can 
> pkienz >register their packages with enough information that 
> pkienz >they can be automatically built tested and installed 
> pkienz >on various octave platforms.  Users can then download 
> pkienz >the prebuilt packages for their architecture, or
> pkienz >download the source and build it themselves.
> pkienz >
> pkienz >Paul Kienzle
> pkienz >address@hidden
> pkienz >
> 




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