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| date | Wed, 26 Feb 1997 18:17:43 +0000 |
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| 1 Although Octave is not very difficult to build from its sources, it is a | |
| 2 relatively large program that does require a significant amount of time | |
| 3 and disk space to compile and install. Because of this, many people | |
| 4 want to be able to obtain binary distributions so they can start using | |
| 5 Octave immediately, without having to bother with the details of | |
| 6 compiling it first. This is understandable, so I try to maintain a | |
| 7 current collection of binary distributions here. | |
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| 9 Please understand, however, that there is only a limited amount of | |
| 10 time available to devote to making binaries, so binaries may not be | |
| 11 immediately available for some platforms. (Please contact | |
| 12 bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu if you are interested in helping make | |
| 13 binary distributions available for your system.) | |
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| 15 Also, binary distributions are limited to static binaries that do not | |
| 16 support dynamic linking. For earlier versions of Octave, I tried | |
| 17 distributing dynamically linked binaries but that proved to be too much | |
| 18 trouble to support. If you want to have a copy of Octave that includes | |
| 19 all the features described in the manual, you will have to build it | |
| 20 from the sources yourself, or find someone else who is willing to do it | |
| 21 for you. | |
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| 24 John W. Eaton | |
| 25 jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu | |
| 26 University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| 27 Department of Chemical Engineering | |
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| 29 Tue Feb 18 15:03:57 1997 |