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* installer-files/README.html: Update for Octave 6.1 (bug #59020).
author Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
date Thu, 27 Aug 2020 20:46:33 +0200
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3 <title>GNU Octave</title> 3 <title>GNU Octave</title>
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15 <h2>Welcome</h2> 6 <h1>Welcome</h1>
16 <p> 7 <p>
17 Thank you for installing GNU Octave! 8 Thank you for installing GNU Octave!
18 </p> 9 </p>
19 <p> 10 <p>
20 Octave 5.2 is a minor release mainly focused on fixing bugs found in Octave 5.1. 11 Octave 6.1 is a major release with many new features and improvements. Among
12 other things, it brings updates for Matlab compatibility, better graphics, and
13 many general improvements since version 5.2.
21 </p> 14 </p>
22 <p> 15 <p>
23 A full list of changes can be found in the Release Notes from the News menu. 16 A full list of changes can be found in the Release Notes from the News menu.
24 </p> 17 </p>
18
19 <h2>Changed default installation location</h2>
20 <p>By default, Octave now installs to the system wide default program installation
21 location (likely inside <code>C:\Program Files\GNU Octave</code>).</p>
22 <p>It is now also possible to install Octave without administrative privileges.
23 <br>In that case (or if an admin choses to install for the "local user" only),
24 the default installation location is inside
25 <code>%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\GNU Octave</code>.</p>
26
25 <h2>BLAS Library Selection</h2> 27 <h2>BLAS Library Selection</h2>
26 <p> 28 <p>During the installation, a default BLAS library was selected. The installer
27 During the installation a default BLAS library was selected. The installer
28 contains two BLAS implementations, 29 contains two BLAS implementations,
29 the <a href="http://www.netlib.org/blas/">NetLib reference BLAS</a> 30 the <a href="http://www.netlib.org/blas/">NetLib reference BLAS</a>
30 and <a href="http://www.openblas.net/">OpenBLAS</a>. 31 and <a href="http://www.openblas.net/">OpenBLAS</a>.</p>
31 </p> 32 <p>The used implementation can be changed after installation with the "BLAS
32 <p> 33 Switcher" in the Start menu.</p>
33 The choice of library may be changed after installation by copying 34
34 either librefblas.dll or libopenblas.dll to the file libblas.dll in the bin
35 folder of the Octave installation, or running blas_switch from the same folder.
36 </p>
37 <h2>Included Octave Forge Packages</h2> 35 <h2>Included Octave Forge Packages</h2>
38 <p> 36 <p>A <a href="https://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Microsoft_Windows#Packages">
39 A number of Octave-Forge packages have been included with Octave, however they 37 number of Octave-Forge packages</a> has been included with Octave for Windows.
40 must be loaded in order to use them. 38 However, the packages must be loaded in order to use them.</p>
41 </p>
42 <p> 39 <p>
43 <ul> 40 <ul>
44 <li>To list the available installed packages, use the 41 <li>To list the available installed packages, use the
45 <tt>pkg list</tt> command.</li> 42 <code>pkg list</code> command.</li>
46 <li>To load a package in order to use its functions, use the 43 <li>To load a package in order to use its functions, use the
47 <tt>pkg load PACKAGENAME</tt> command.</li> 44 <code>pkg load PACKAGENAME</code> command.</li>
48 </ul> 45 </ul>
49 </p> 46 </p>
50 <p> 47 <p>Other packages are available from
51 Other packages are available from 48 <a href="https://octave.sourceforge.io/">Octave-Forge</a>.</p>
52 <a href="https://octave.sourceforge.io/">Octave-Forge</a>. 49
53 </p> 50 <h2>Contributing to Octave</h2>
54 <h2>Issues</h2> 51 <p>Octave has a community that lives from its users. You are welcome to share
55 Please report any problems with Octave on the 52 with that community.</p>
56 <a href="https://octave.org/bugs.html">Octave website</a>. 53 <p>For help and support, visit the
54 <a href="https://octave.discourse.group/">Octave Discourse forum</a>.</p>
55 <p>Please, report any problems with Octave on the
56 <a href="https://octave.org/bugs.html">Octave website</a>.</p>
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