Carnë Draug <carandraug+dev@gmail.com> writes: > On 2 December 2012 01:55, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> wrote: >> On 1 December 2012 08:52, Juan Pablo Carbajal <ajuanpi+dev@gmail.com> wrote: >>> For example, how do you install a package that is not in Octave-Forge >>> nor packaged by the debian group? >> >> Such a package does not exist unless that package is too unstable to >> be in Debian, in which case it is a development package, so it is "a >> dev thing". > > Geometry is not in stable (I know, when Squeeze was release that > package didn't exist). But mechanics package is not in any of the > Debian distributions. > > Debian can't package all of them. It's great they can package the most > important ones, but if Agora works out as planned, there's just no way > they can deal with all packages. I don't really understand the point of this discussion. The current state of Debian packages offers the best of both worlds: - most 'Forge packages can be installed the Debian way (through APT); the advantage of this solution is that you have the guarantee that these package versions will play well with the Debian Octave version; you get cryptographically secured download; you can make system-wide installs; and you don't have to go through the hassle of figuring out correct dependencies and compiling - alternatively, all 'Forge packages can be installed the "native" way, through "pkg install"; for this you need to have liboctave-dev installed, as documented in the README.Debian. -- .''`. Sébastien Villemot : :' : Debian Developer `. `' http://www.dynare.org/sebastien `- GPG Key: 4096R/381A7594
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