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 is not supported. Some packages have dependencies on external components that are not available on stock Slackware or SlackBuilds.org. These components (and, more generally, packages failing compilation) are automatically excluded from the package. 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. Note: on package removal, you should run as root: mkdir -p /usr/share/octave/packages && \ octave --silent --eval "pkg rebuild"