Re: problem installing packages (3.2.4)

[Thomas Weber]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 06:43:13PM +0100, Carnë Draug wrote:
> On 23 April 2012 18:14, Thomas Weber <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 04:08:21PM +0100, Carnė Draug wrote:
> >> ## at bash run the following
> >> $ sudo aptitude purge octave-miscellaneous octave-struct octave-optim
> >> $ sudo aptitude install octave3.2-headers libncurses5-dev
> >> ## start octave with root privileges
> >> $ sudo octave
> >> ## at the octave prompt run the following
> >> octave> pkg install -nodeps -forge struct miscellaneous optim
> >> octave> exit
> >
> > Where will the package files end up? Under /usr or /usr/local?
> 
> In Debian Squeeze they will end up in /usr/share/octave/packages/3.2/.
> I'd assume it's similar for Ubuntu.

/usr is the domain of the package manager (the technical one, dpkg in
Debian, rpm in, well, RPM land). You cannot rely on packages surviving
your next update.

        Thomas