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diff --git a/academic/octave/README b/academic/octave/README index 4f13a945ac..9a4a2ab7b4 100644 --- a/academic/octave/README +++ b/academic/octave/README @@ -4,10 +4,20 @@ linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with Matlab. It may also be used as a batch-oriented language. -These optional dependencies will be used if found: -AMD, CAMD, COLAMD, CCOLAMD, CHOLMOD, UMFPACK, CXSparse, glpk, -arpack, qrupdate, qhull, HDF5, fltk, ftgl, and GraphicsMagick +These optional dependencies will be used if found. See INSTALL.OCTAVE (in the +Octave source) for a description of what each dependency offers. -ImageMagick (part of Slackware) will be used instead of GraphicsMagick by -default. To override this, use: -WITH_MAGICK=GraphicsMagick ./octave.SlackBuild +AMD, CAMD, COLAMD, CCOLAMD, CHOLMOD, UMFPACK, CXSparse, glpk, arpack-ng, +qrupdate, qhull, HDF5, fltk, ftgl, gl2ps, jdk, GraphicsMagick + +Octave can use ImageMagick (part of Slackware) or GraphicsMagick (available +from SBo) for some functionality. ImageMagick 6.8.6-10 from Slackware 14.1 +appears to be incompatible (build failure). Octave searches for +GraphicsMagick by default, and previous versions of this script changed the +default to ImageMagick to avoid the need for yet another dependency. If you +need this functionality, or if Octave decides to compile against ImageMagick +for some reason, try installing GraphicsMagick. + +If you have arpack installed and the configure script segfaults when trying to +detect arpack, try switching to arpack-ng (which is partly maintained by +Octave developers). |