Re: Pkg install struct - octave 5.1 from flatpak, mint 18/ubuntu

[Pavel Hofman]

> Am 06. März 2019 um 11:09 Uhr schrieb "Pavel Hofman"
>
> The packages in the Windows installer are built from the released package 
> versions with the additional patches from the source I pointed to in the 
> previous mail.
> Some (but afaik not all) of these patches are taken from the development 
> version of the respective packages.

I see, now I understand. Do you think the section 
https://wiki.octave.org/MXE "Compiling for your Linux system" will work 
for octave 5.1? I would like to use the patched packages in octave-mxe 
for the 5.1, instead of fighting each package individually.

I wonder why linux octave 5.1 from flatpak did not use these 
pre-compiled packages right away, perhaps they are not included in the 
flatpak or must be "linked" somehow?

> In general, we don't care much about compatibility with previous Octave 
> versions for the bundled packages. This is probably more important for the 
> package developers.
That is fine for me, I need just working octave with working set of 
default packages on linux. My project will take a few months to complete 
and I do not want to code for an outdated octave version.

Thanks a lot,

Pavel.