Re: Octave-Forge Windows install question

[Shai Ayal]

Assuming you have installed the cygwin version, you have to copy the 
following key and it's subkeys from the original computer:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions

Shai

Reidar Strand Hagen wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to use Octave on windows without installing it. What I've
> done is simply install it on one machine, and rar and copy it to the
> other machine.
>
> However, it doesn\t seem to be working. When starting with the same
> command, it simply doesn't work. When invoking bin\sh manually (which
> works on original install), it seems that the root filesystem is
> mounted instead of the directory itself. I've searched through the
> environment variables, the registry and grepped the install directory,
> but I can't seem to find anything which explain this behaviour.
>
> Anybody know what's happening? Or have workarounds?
>
> thanks
> Reidar Strand Hagen
>
>
>
> /// from GNU Octave 2.1.73 copied to new machine
> C:\Documents and Settings\reidarst\Desktop\GNU Octave 2.1.73>bin\sh
> bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create!
> bin/sh-3.00$ /
> BIOS/                      beeb/
> Documents and Settings/    boot.ini
> GTK/                       compaq/
> GtkGLExt/                  crtc.log
> I386/                      cygdrive/
> IO.SYS                     drivers/
> MSDOS.SYS                  fisk.mat
> MSOCache/                  hyperspec/
> MinGW/                     jars/
> My Documents/              ntdetect.com
> Program Files/             ntldr
> Python23/                  proc/
> Python24/                  temp/
> RECYCLER/                  temptull.RData
> SWSetup/                   test
> SYSTEM.SAV/                testeeee
> System Volume Information/ testii.r
> WINDOWS/
> bin/sh-3.00$ /
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