reassign 536839 octave 3.6.1-5 forcemerge 536839 672651 thanks Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> writes: > Setting pkg prefix in /etc/octave.conf breaks the default behavior of allowing > users to install packages into their home directory with "pkg install -local". The Debian way of installing Octave Forge packages is to use the package manager (see the octave-* packages), not "pkg install -local". So we had to modify the prefix in /etc/octave.conf so that these octave-* packages work out of the box. > Workaround is for the user to execute "pkg prefix ~/octave ~/octave" to restore > the default setting. Note that you can also edit /etc/octave.conf. It is a conffile for a reason. I don't think we are going to change the current setup because it would break the support of the Octave Forge packages in Debian. So far we have not come up with a way of fixing your problem without breaking support for Octave Forge packages; but if you think about a solution, then we will gladly implement it. Best, -- Sébastien Villemot Researcher in Economics & Debian Maintainer http://www.dynare.org/sebastien Phone: +33-1-40-77-84-04 - GPG Key: 4096R/381A7594
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