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3 <title>GNU Octave</title>
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6 <h1>Welcome</h1>
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7 <p>Thank you for installing GNU Octave!</p>
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8 <p>Octave 6.4 is a minor release which mainly fixes bugs and regressions found
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9 since the release of version 6.3.</p>
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10 <p>Some fixes made it necessary to break ABI compatibility between Octave 6.2
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11 (and earlier) and Octave 6.3 (and later). If you are updating from Octave prior
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12 to version 6.3, re-build any binaries (like .oct or .mex files) when updating to
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13 this version.</p>
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14 <p>A full list of changes can be found in the Release Notes from the News
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15 menu or by typing <code>news</code> on the command prompt.</p>
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17 <h2>Changed default installation location</h2>
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18 <p>Since version 6.1, Octave installs to the system wide default program
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19 installation location (likely inside <code>C:\Program Files\GNU Octave</code>)
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20 by default.<br />
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21 It is a known issue that some operations might fail if Octave is installed in
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22 a location containing spaces if short file names have been disabled for the file
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23 system of the installation folder. Some systems seem to have disabled that
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24 feature for some partitions (e.g., on <code>D:</code>). If you are unsure
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25 whether your file system supports short file names, chose an installation folder
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26 that doesn't contain spaces.</p>
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27 <p>It is now also possible to install Octave without administrative privileges.
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28 <br />In that case (or if an admin choses to install for the "local user" only),
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29 the default installation location is inside
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30 <code>%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\GNU Octave</code>.</p>
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32 <h2>BLAS Library Selection</h2>
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33 <p>During the installation, a default BLAS library was selected. The installer
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34 contains two BLAS implementations,
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35 the <a href="http://www.netlib.org/blas/">NetLib reference BLAS</a>
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36 and <a href="http://www.openblas.net/">OpenBLAS</a>.</p>
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37 <p>The used implementation can be changed after installation with the "BLAS
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38 Switcher" in the Start menu.</p>
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40 <h2>Included Octave Forge Packages</h2>
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41 <p>A <a href="https://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Microsoft_Windows#Packages">
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42 number of Octave-Forge packages</a> has been included with Octave for Windows.
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43 However, the packages must be loaded in order to use them.</p>
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44 <p>
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45 <ul>
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46 <li>To list the available installed packages, use the
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47 <code>pkg list</code> command.</li>
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48 <li>To load a package in order to use its functions, use the
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49 <code>pkg load PACKAGENAME</code> command.</li>
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51 </p>
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52 <p>Other packages are available from
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53 <a href="https://octave.sourceforge.io/">Octave-Forge</a>.</p>
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55 <h2>General information for Octave on Windows</h2>
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56 <p>Octave is developed primarily on GNU/Linux. The programs and wrapper scripts
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57 bundled in this installer make a best effort to provide a seamless experience
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58 of Octave on Windows.<br />
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59 However, there are some (minor) limitations and idiosyncracies on that platform.
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60 Please, read the <a href="https://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Microsoft_Windows">
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61 corresponding article</a> for further information and possible work-arounds.</p>
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63 <h2>Contributing to Octave</h2>
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64 <p>Octave has a community that lives from its users. You are welcome to share
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65 with that community.</p>
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66 <p>For help and support, visit the
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67 <a href="https://octave.discourse.group/">Octave Discourse forum</a>.</p>
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68 <p>Please, report any problems with Octave on the
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69 <a href="https://octave.org/bugs.html">Octave website</a>.</p>
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