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author Rik <rik@octave.org>
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12 <h2>Welcome</h2> 12 <h2>Welcome</h2>
13 <p> 13 <p>
14 Thank you for installing GNU Octave! 14 Thank you for installing GNU Octave!
15 </p> 15 </p>
16 <p> 16 <p>
17 Octave 4.0 is a major new release with many new features, including a 17 Octave 4.0 is a major new release with many new features including a
18 graphical user interface. 18 graphical user interface and support for classdef object-oriented programming.
19 </p> 19 </p>
20 <p> 20 <p>
21 A full list of changes can be found in the Release notes from the News menu. 21 A full list of changes can be found in the Release Notes from the News menu.
22 </p> 22 </p>
23 <h2>BLAS Library selection</h2> 23 <h2>BLAS Library selection</h2>
24 <p> 24 <p>
25 During the install, a BLAS library was selected. The installer contains 2 BLAS implementations, 25 During the install a default BLAS library was selected. The installer contains
26 the <a href="http://www.netlib.org/blas/">NetLib reference BLAS</a> and 26 2 BLAS implementations,
27 <a href="http://www.openblas.net/">OpenBLAS</a>. 27 the <a href="http://www.netlib.org/blas/">NetLib reference BLAS</a>
28 and <a href="http://www.openblas.net/">OpenBLAS</a>.
28 </p> 29 </p>
29 <p> 30 <p>
30 Either can be selected after the install by copying librefblas.dll or libopenblas.dll 31 The choice of library can be changed after the install by copying
31 to libblas.dll in the bin folder of the Octave installation. 32 librefblas.dll or libopenblas.dll to libblas.dll in the bin folder of the
33 Octave installation.
32 </p> 34 </p>
33 <h2>Included Octave Forge Packages</h2> 35 <h2>Included Octave Forge Packages</h2>
34 <p> 36 <p>
35 A number of Octave-forge packages have been included with this install of Octave, 37 A number of Octave-forge packages have been included with this install of
36 however they need to be installed in order to use them. 38 Octave, however they need to be installed in order to use them.
37 </p> 39 </p>
38 <p> 40 <p>
39 To install: 41 To install:
40 <ul> 42 <ul>
41 <li>Start Octave and then open the build_packages.m file found in the src folder 43 <li>Start Octave and then open the build_packages.m file found in the src
42 where Octave was installed.</li> 44 folder where Octave was installed.</li>
43 <li>Run the build_packages.m script to build and install the packages.</li> 45 <li>Run the build_packages.m script to build and install the packages.</li>
44 </ul> 46 </ul>
45 Packages must then be loaded in order to use them with the <tt>pkg load PACKAGENAME</tt> command. 47 Packages must then be loaded in order to use them with the
48 <tt>pkg load PACKAGENAME</tt> command.
46 </p> 49 </p>
47 <p> 50 <p>
48 Other packages are available from <a href="http://octave.sourceforge.net/">Octave-Forge</a> 51 Other packages are available from
52 <a href="http://octave.sourceforge.net/">Octave-Forge</a>
49 </p> 53 </p>
50 <h2>Issues</h2> 54 <h2>Issues</h2>
51 Please report any problems with Octave on the <a href="http://octave.org/bugs.html">Octave website</a>. 55 Please report any problems with Octave on the
56 <a href="http://octave.org/bugs.html">Octave website</a>.
52 </body> 57 </body>
53 </html> 58 </html>