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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {[@var{prefix}, @var{archprefix} =} default_prefix (@var{global_install}, @var{desc})
## Undocumented internal function.
## @end deftypefn

## FIXME: second input "desc" does not appear to be used.
function [prefix, archprefix] = default_prefix (global_install, desc)

  if (global_install)
    prefix = fullfile (OCTAVE_HOME (), "share", "octave", "packages");
    if (nargin == 2)
      archprefix = fullfile (__octave_config_info__ ("libdir"), "octave",
                             "packages", [desc.name "-" desc.version]);
    else
      archprefix = fullfile (__octave_config_info__ ("libdir"), "octave",
                             "packages");
    endif
  else
    prefix = fullfile (user_data_dir (), "octave", ...
                       __octave_config_info__ ("api_version"), "packages");
    archprefix = prefix;
  endif

endfunction