#How to use the gnu octave signature file install
A local install for a user can be an external install for some other Unlike global, they are user specific, only available to the user that As with global package installations, they are availableįrom startup. They are located in that user home directory In case it has no permissions, a local package installation is performed instead. Has write permissions to those directories ( localfcnfiledir and localapioctfiledir). Of a package will still place its files in the home directory of the user (inĪ global installation is performed automatically if the user installing the package Installation is local (installed by a user in ~/my-builds), a global installation Meaning of global here is relative to the Octave installation though. Type of package installation that a system administrator would most likely do. Packages installed globally will be available to everyone from startup. Of a normal user ( /home/user/anywhere), or installed in the homeĭirectory of a system user (anywhere really). Installation (located somewhere in /usr/local/ for example), a local installation Note that Octave itself can be installed in some different ways. Octave install has no information about it. external install needs to be made available first. local install available from startup only for the user that installed it. Global install available from startup to everyone.
Octave installation), local (user specific) and external (in any other place). This design supports 3 types of package installations: global (relative to the