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diff --git a/academic/octave-forge/README b/academic/octave-forge/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0804fe0f43 --- /dev/null +++ b/academic/octave-forge/README @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +This is a script to package Octave-Forge, the main source for +out-of-mainline Octave packages. + +The Octave-Forge packages are grouped into four categories (main, +extra, language and nonfree). By default the script packages all of +them, but you can specify a different behavior with the REPOS +variable. For example, + REPOS=main,extra ./octave-forge.SlackBuild +will build only the "main" and "extra" repositories. +Parallel compilation (JOBS=...) is not supported. + +If you want to build a newer version of Octave-Forge, you need to +regenerate the Octave script that performs the build itself. To do +this, run generate-installscript.sh after updating the usual variables +near the beginning. + +This script requires Octave, available on SlackBuilds.org. +Some packages also have dependencies on external components, not +available on stock Slackware or SlackBuilds.org. These components +(and, more generally, packages failing compilation) are automatically +excluded from the package. + +Note: on package removal, you should run as root: + mkdir -p /usr/share/octave/packages && \ + octave --silent --eval "pkg rebuild" |