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diff --git a/academic/octave/README b/academic/octave/README index 46429c6687..a0f531e127 100644 --- a/academic/octave/README +++ b/academic/octave/README @@ -1,32 +1,36 @@ GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical -computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for solving -linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other numerical -experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with Matlab. It may -also be used as a batch-oriented language. +computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for +solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing +other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible +with Matlab. It may also be used as a batch-oriented language. + +This requires a BLAS/LAPACK implementation. Choose one of these package +sets: -This requires a BLAS/LAPACK implementation. Choose one of these package sets: * OpenBLAS (includes both a BLAS and a LAPACK implementation) * atlas (includes both a BLAS and a LAPACK implementation) * blas, lapack (the Netlib reference implementations) -If more than one set is installed (assuming there are no packaging conflicts) -then the auto-detection will use the first implementation from this list that -it finds. If in doubt, choose the Netlib reference implementations; other -packages that require a BLAS or LAPACK implementation may not build if they -are not configured to detect/use alternate implementations. -These optional dependencies will be used if found (see INSTALL.OCTAVE, in the -Octave source, for a description of what each dependency offers): -amd, camd, colamd, ccolamd, cholmod, umfpack, cxsparse, glpk, arpack-ng, -qrupdate, sundials, qhull, hdf5, fltk, ftgl, gl2ps, jdk, GraphicsMagick, -portaudio. +If more than one set is installed (assuming there are no packaging +conflicts) then the auto-detection will use the first implementation +from this list that it finds. If in doubt, choose the Netlib +reference implementations; other packages that require a BLAS or +LAPACK implementation may not build if they are not configured to +detect/use alternate implementations. + +These optional dependencies will be used if found (see INSTALL.OCTAVE, +in the Octave source, for a description of what each dependency +offers): amd, camd, colamd, ccolamd, cholmod, umfpack, spqr, cxsparse, +glpk, arpack-ng, qrupdate, sundials, qhull, hdf5, fltk, ftgl, gl2ps, +jdk, GraphicsMagick, portaudio, rapidjson. -Octave can use ImageMagick (part of Slackware) or GraphicsMagick (available -from SBo) for image-reading functionality. If both are installed, -GraphicsMagick will be selected by default, since ImageMagick is not -well-supported by the Octave developers. If you have problems with -ImageMagick, try rebuilding Octave with GraphicsMagick, or pass MAGICK="" to -the script. +Octave can use ImageMagick (part of Slackware) or GraphicsMagick +(available from SBo) for image-reading functionality. If both +are installed, GraphicsMagick will be selected by default, +since ImageMagick is not well-supported by the Octave developers. +If you have problems with ImageMagick, try rebuilding Octave with +GraphicsMagick, or pass MAGICK="" to the script. -If you have arpack installed and the configure script segfaults when trying to -detect arpack, try switching to arpack-ng (which is partly maintained by -Octave developers). +If you have arpack installed and the configure script segfaults when +trying to detect arpack, try switching to arpack-ng (which is partly +maintained by Octave developers). |