Re: What is the default path, where is the startup file?

[David Bateman]

Matthias Brennwald wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I intend to make some of my Octave/Matlab code available to the GNU 
> project. GNU requires that every GNU package comes with a configure 
> script. The configure script should move (install) my program files to 
> a place where Octave or Matlab programs belong, which highly depends on 
> the users setup. Also, the configure script should probably add the 
> path to the file to the startup file. Therefore:
>
> * How can the configure script know if the user prefers Octave or 
> Matlab, or which of the two is installed on the machine?
> * What is a good default path to install the program files?
> * How can the configure script know where Octave or Matlab look for 
> program files?
> * How can the configure script know where the startup file (either 
> .octaverc or startup.m) are?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> Matthias
>   
Use the octave package manager for this.. Details are currently available at

http://octave.dbateman.org/developers.html

particular if you want octave-forge to host your package...

Regards
David

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