Re: Installation of two octave versions & octcdf

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Tue, 3/30/10, Przemek Klosowski <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: Przemek Klosowski <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Installation of two octave versions & octcdf
> To: address@hidden
> Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 7:22 AM
> On 03/30/2010 08:28 AM, Sergei
> Steshenko wrote:
> > I believe that packages should be by default installed
> into a directory
> > containing 'octave' version - like 'octave' itself.
> 
> Most people run Octave on a package-based system and Octave
> is installed 
> in a system directory (e.g. /usr/share/octave).
> It is a good practice to run without admin privileges, so
> installing packages in your scheme would require a
> sudo-like
> scheme of privilege elevation. It would also not work for
> people using shared machines administered by someone else.
> 
> Luckily, package root directory is user-modifiable by the
> 'pkg prefix' 
> command that defaults to ~/octave
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I build and install 'octave' and it packaged not using root privileges.

My main point is that _default_ behavior is wrong to my taste/liking.

I.e. _by_ _default_ 'octave' behavior WRT packages should be 
non-destructive, and that's why I suggest that  _by_ _default_ packages
are installed into a directory containing 'octave' version, e.g.

~/octave-3.0.5

instead of just

~/octave
.

Regards,
  Sergei.