Re: Updating Octave

[Lester Anderson]

Thanks for the information. If I have a set of packages to install, is
there a batch way to do it or is it still one by one?

On 4 September 2017 at 17:13, Mike Miller <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 04, 2017 at 14:14:43 +0100, Lester Anderson wrote:
>> Quick query. Is it possible to update Octave without having to
>> reinstall all the packages that I have installed again?
>>
>> On Octave 4.0.2 at the moment.
>
> No, in general all packages have to be reinstalled.
>
> This should be trivial if you install Octave from a package manager.
>
> This should also be very easy if you're using the Windows installer
> which comes with a large set of packages preinstalled.
>
> If you install Octave yourself from source, then yes you will have to
> reinstall all of the packages using the new version of Octave.
>
> --
> mike