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Octave 6.3.0 on Ulyssa

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Is there a package for Octave 6.3.0? (If not, has anyone tried to build it?)
I'm using Ulyssa.
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Re: Octave 6.3.0 on Ulyssa

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Re: Octave 6.3.0 on Ulyssa

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I use the snap package https://snapcraft.io/octave which also runs on mint 18. This - I believe - is the least time consuming way to to have a recent Octave.
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Re: Octave 6.3.0 on Ulyssa

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teepeeaye wrote: ⤴Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:24 am I use the snap package https://snapcraft.io/octave which also runs on mint 18. This - I believe - is the least time consuming way to to have a recent Octave.
That's likely the best way to go.
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Re: Octave 6.3.0 on Ulyssa

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Hoser Rob wrote: ⤴Sun Sep 19, 2021 11:34 am
teepeeaye wrote: ⤴Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:24 am I use the snap package https://snapcraft.io/octave which also runs on mint 18. This - I believe - is the least time consuming way to to have a recent Octave.
That's likely the best way to go.
Yes, agreed.
I got the dependencies installed to build Octave 6.3.0, and got the config script to run without errors or warnings... but make failed.
Anyway Ulyssa doesn't come with Canonical's Snap... so I'd have to install that (which is no big deal)...and then download the Snap Octave package (which is no big deal either.)
But, it may take me as much time to figure out what Canonical is up to, as to build Octave... and I don't want to use Snap for anything else... so it seems? building Octave would use up less disk space?
Thanks for the link, I might end up using the package.
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Re: Octave 6.3.0 on Ulyssa

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Note that Octave 6.3.0 is also available as a flatpak from Flathub and as such, from the Mint Software Manager.

https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.octave.Octave
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Re: Octave 6.3.0 on Ulyssa

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rene wrote: ⤴Mon Sep 20, 2021 4:35 pm Note that Octave 6.3.0 is also available as a flatpak from Flathub and as such, from the Mint Software Manager.

https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.octave.Octave
Well I got 6.3.0 built... and I'm running the command line version, and the gui, from the build directory. (I might install it in my home directory... in case a package finally shows up.)
Not sure about flatpaks, and snaps... and even packages..
Yes, they're the easiest way for sure... but, I learned a lot about Octave's bugs by building it. (make -check shows there's still a lot of 'known' bugs.)
Maybe that will save me some time when I'm coding... and make up for the time I spent forcing Mint's 'development environment' to build 6.3.0, from the source.
Best regards and thanks all!
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