# HG changeset patch # User Markus Mützel # Date 1598553993 -7200 # Node ID 5b5a3b078ee4f0fd62c5a23201d42525b4a8f0fd # Parent aa46453cf597fb550e9ea0d1eeaa8aa93bcd30e2 * installer-files/README.html: Update for Octave 6.1 (bug #59020). diff -r aa46453cf597 -r 5b5a3b078ee4 installer-files/README.html --- a/installer-files/README.html Wed Sep 02 10:58:15 2020 -0400 +++ b/installer-files/README.html Thu Aug 27 20:46:33 2020 +0200 @@ -1,58 +1,58 @@ GNU Octave - -

Welcome

+

Welcome

Thank you for installing GNU Octave!

-Octave 5.2 is a minor release mainly focused on fixing bugs found in Octave 5.1. +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.

A full list of changes can be found in the Release Notes from the News menu.

+ +

Changed default installation location

+

By default, Octave now installs to the system wide default program installation +location (likely inside C:\Program Files\GNU Octave).

+

It is now also possible to install Octave without administrative privileges. +
In that case (or if an admin choses to install for the "local user" only), +the default installation location is inside +%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\GNU Octave.

+

BLAS Library Selection

-

-During the installation a default BLAS library was selected. The installer +

During the installation, a default BLAS library was selected. The installer contains two BLAS implementations, the NetLib reference BLAS -and OpenBLAS. -

-

-The choice of library may be changed after installation by copying -either librefblas.dll or libopenblas.dll to the file libblas.dll in the bin -folder of the Octave installation, or running blas_switch from the same folder. -

+and OpenBLAS.

+

The used implementation can be changed after installation with the "BLAS +Switcher" in the Start menu.

+

Included Octave Forge Packages

-

-A number of Octave-Forge packages have been included with Octave, however they -must be loaded in order to use them. -

+

A +number of Octave-Forge packages has been included with Octave for Windows. +However, the packages must be loaded in order to use them.

-

-Other packages are available from -Octave-Forge. -

-

Issues

-Please report any problems with Octave on the -Octave website. +

Other packages are available from +Octave-Forge.

+ +

Contributing to Octave

+

Octave has a community that lives from its users. You are welcome to share +with that community.

+

For help and support, visit the +Octave Discourse forum.

+

Please, report any problems with Octave on the +Octave website.