On 22 December 2011 16:08, Andy Buckle <andybuc...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a self-extracting exe, like we used to have for 3.2.4. > > I used NSIS to make an installer for 3.4.3. It is based on Tatsuro and > Nitzan's binaries. It has libreadline too, but not the octave-forge > packages. It has a few advantages over the 7z archives > - It defaults to installing in a directory without spaces > - It does not require the user to have 7zip (but it does use lzma, so > it's pretty well packed) > - It creates links on the desktop and under the start menu, which some > windows users are lost without. > - It makes an uninstaller > - It uses the pretty icon for the links. > > It is not as good as Ben Lindner's NSIS installers, as it does not > detect cpu and install optimised blas, etc. Generic is better than > nothing. > > I will send a seperate email to Carnë with a link to the exe. It is > hosted on my ISP, if it gets more than a couple of downloads, I will > be in trouble... > Carnë, please add it here > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave_Windows%20-%20MinGW/Octave%203.4.3%20for%20Windows%20MinGW%20Installer/ > > My NSIS source is attached. > > -- > /* andy buckle */
I have uploaded the file to octave-forge, next to the other windows binaries. If someone can write an up to date README file for that directory, that would be great. The wiki page http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Octave_for_Windows probably also needs to be updated to reflect this. Carnë ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
