[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51632] MS Windows portable (i.e. zip) version cannot find pre-installed packages, needs pkg rebuild, not mentioned at first run

[Nicholas Jankowski]

Follow-up Comment #29, bug #51632 (project octave):

I agree that 'going truly portable' is probably worth a separate discussion
elsewhere.  

the problem is either (1) actually let people know what to do, (2) remove the
need for them to do anything. 

(1) gets into the fact that the wiki is poorly linked from the main Octave and
download pages. I see a link at the bottom of the main page, and a couple
scattered Wiki links to the 'how to use' pages. Nothing to installation notes
pages. 

(2) Since the zip version's kind of a hack anyway, would the comment #17
proposal make this all a non-discussion? portability, Octave
documentation/linking/wiki etc could be another issue for another day.

Alternatively, could mxe-octave add a line of text somewhere within the Octave
welcome message (no idea what file that is) saying: 
"You are using the Window zip package. On first use and anytime you change the
Octave location you will need to run 'pkg rebuild' to access installed
packages"

this will guarantee it's there for people to see.

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