Package: octave-common Version: 3.6.1-4 Severity: normal Setting pkg prefix in /etc/octave.conf breaks the default behavior of allowing users to install packages into their home directory with "pkg install -local".
Workaround is for the user to execute "pkg prefix ~/octave ~/octave" to restore the default setting. Additionally, the default pkg prefix variables seem to be correct with the latest stable versions of octave so I don't think there is a need to override the path in the site configuration file. There may have been a difference in an older version but the current default looks correct to me. Here's what I see when I run octave without any configuration, as me and as root so you can see the two different default settings: mike@ohm:~$ /usr/bin/octave -qf octave:1> pkg prefix Installation prefix: /home/mike/octave Architecture dependent prefix: /home/mike/octave octave:2> quit mike@ohm:~$ sudo /usr/bin/octave -qf octave:1> pkg prefix Installation prefix: /usr/share/octave/packages Architecture dependent prefix: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/octave/packages octave:2> quit And here's what I get running octave with the Debian /etc/octave.conf but no extra configuration by me: mike@ohm:~$ mv .octaverc .octave-backup mike@ohm:~$ /usr/bin/octave -q octave:1> pkg prefix Installation prefix: /usr/share/octave/packages Architecture dependent prefix: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/octave/packages octave:2> quit -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
