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<h1>Welcome</h1>
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Thank you for installing GNU Octave!
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<p>
Octave 6.1 is a major release with many new features and improvements. Among
other things, it brings updates for Matlab compatibility, better graphics, and
many general improvements since version 5.2.
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A full list of changes can be found in the Release Notes from the News menu.
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<h2>Changed default installation location</h2>
<p>By default, Octave now installs to the system wide default program installation
location (likely inside <code>C:\Program Files\GNU Octave</code>).</p>
<p>It is now also possible to install Octave without administrative privileges.
<br>In that case (or if an admin choses to install for the "local user" only),
the default installation location is inside
<code>%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\GNU Octave</code>.</p>

<h2>BLAS Library Selection</h2>
<p>During the installation, a default BLAS library was selected. The installer
contains two BLAS implementations,
the <a href="http://www.netlib.org/blas/">NetLib reference BLAS</a>
and <a href="http://www.openblas.net/">OpenBLAS</a>.</p>
<p>The used implementation can be changed after installation with the "BLAS
Switcher" in the Start menu.</p>

<h2>Included Octave Forge Packages</h2>
<p>A <a href="https://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Microsoft_Windows#Packages">
number of Octave-Forge packages</a> has been included with Octave for Windows.
However, the packages must be loaded in order to use them.</p>
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<li>To list the available installed packages, use the
<code>pkg list</code> command.</li>
<li>To load a package in order to use its functions, use the
<code>pkg load PACKAGENAME</code> command.</li>
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<p>Other packages are available from
<a href="https://octave.sourceforge.io/">Octave-Forge</a>.</p>

<h2>Contributing to Octave</h2>
<p>Octave has a community that lives from its users. You are welcome to share
with that community.</p>
<p>For help and support, visit the
<a href="https://octave.discourse.group/">Octave Discourse forum</a>.</p>
<p>Please, report any problems with Octave on the
<a href="https://octave.org/bugs.html">Octave website</a>.</p>
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author	Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
date	Thu, 27 Aug 2020 20:46:33 +0200
parents	c561daaad6eb
children	cc0852b4811f