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8 Thank you for installing GNU Octave! |
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11 Octave 6.1 is a major release with many new features and improvements. Among |
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12 other things, it brings updates for Matlab compatibility, better graphics, and |
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13 many general improvements since version 5.2. |
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16 A full list of changes can be found in the Release Notes from the News menu. |
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19 <h2>Changed default installation location</h2> |
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20 <p>By default, Octave now installs to the system wide default program installation |
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21 location (likely inside <code>C:\Program Files\GNU Octave</code>).</p> |
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22 <p>It is now also possible to install Octave without administrative privileges. |
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23 <br>In that case (or if an admin choses to install for the "local user" only), |
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24 the default installation location is inside |
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25 <code>%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\GNU Octave</code>.</p> |
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27 <h2>BLAS Library Selection</h2> |
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28 <p>During the installation, a default BLAS library was selected. The installer |
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30 the <a href="http://www.netlib.org/blas/">NetLib reference BLAS</a> |
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31 and <a href="http://www.openblas.net/">OpenBLAS</a>.</p> |
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32 <p>The used implementation can be changed after installation with the "BLAS |
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33 Switcher" in the Start menu.</p> |
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35 <h2>Included Octave Forge Packages</h2> |
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36 <p>A <a href="https://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Microsoft_Windows#Packages"> |
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37 number of Octave-Forge packages</a> has been included with Octave for Windows. |
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38 However, the packages must be loaded in order to use them.</p> |
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44 <code>pkg load PACKAGENAME</code> command.</li> |
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47 <p>Other packages are available from |
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48 <a href="https://octave.sourceforge.io/">Octave-Forge</a>.</p> |
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50 <h2>Contributing to Octave</h2> |
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51 <p>Octave has a community that lives from its users. You are welcome to share |
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52 with that community.</p> |
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53 <p>For help and support, visit the |
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54 <a href="https://octave.discourse.group/">Octave Discourse forum</a>.</p> |
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55 <p>Please, report any problems with Octave on the |
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56 <a href="https://octave.org/bugs.html">Octave website</a>.</p> |
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