Re: Octave support (was Re: When will CentOS 5 Plus be available?)

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On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 10:26:09AM -0800, Primorec enlightened us:
> > Primorec wrote:
> > > Not the best solution...   but it works (as of Feb 12 2008)
> > >  wget
> > >
> > ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/i386/RPMS/ufsparse-2.1.1-1.el5.kb.i386.rpm
> > >  wget
> > >
> > ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/i386/RPMS/qhull-2003.1-6.el5.kb.i386.rpm
> > >  wget
> > >
> > http://centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/i386/RPMS/glpk-4.15-1.el5.kb.i386.rpm
> > >  wget
> > >
> > http://centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/i386/RPMS/fftw-3.1.2-3.el5.kb.i386.rpm
> > >  wget
> > >
> > http://centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/i386/RPMS/hdf5-1.6.5-7.el5.kb.i386.rpm
> > >  wget
> > >
> > ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/epel/5/i386/octave-3.0.0-2.el5.i386.rpm
> > >
> > > and then as root
> > >
> > > rpm -i *.rpm
> > >
> >
> > why not just setup the repository and then :
> >
> > yum install octave

> Is there a 'step_by_step' instruction to set up the repository ?
> In other words, what do I have to add to the yum.conf file to enable
> 'karan's'  repository ?
> 

You shouldn't directly modify yum.conf to add a repository. That's what
/etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo files are for.

To address your question more generally, I would suggest starting at
http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
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Department of Social Work
Ohio University
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