Re: Octave 4.2 binary + all packages in Linux ?

[lukshuntim]

On Friday, April 14, 2017 12:37 AM, roland65 wrote:
> Mike Miller-4 wrote
> > Are you asking for help finding the easy to way install the latest
> > stable release on GNU/Linux $distro?
> >
> > Are you suggesting that it's unfair that there is an all-in-one
> > installer for Windows but not for GNU/Linux $distro?
>
> Sorry, I was probably not very clear. I'd just like to know if there is
> somewhere a complete binary package for Octave that is more or less
> independent of the distribution.
>
> I dind't find such a thing, so I just ask if it could be done or not.
>
> My need is the following: in my company there are some Linux users that
> could use Octave. Some are on Ubuntu, some on Redhat, some on OpenSuse, etc.
> Most of them have distribution that only propose the 4.0.x version...
>
> As I said, I spent at lot of time to compile Octave 4.2.1 + 12 packages in
> Ubuntu 16.04 for my own use and if each Linux user has to do the same, this
> is a big waste of time...

Don't know if the SUSE open build service can help you a bit. They 
support building on a number of the more popular distributions.

http://openbuildservice.org/

Regards,
-- ST