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diff --git a/academic/octave/README b/academic/octave/README index 47a2184526..2e9b9d91d6 100644 --- a/academic/octave/README +++ b/academic/octave/README @@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ 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: +* OpenBLAS (includes a LAPACK implementation) +* atlas, lapack-atlas +* 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, |