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diff --git a/academic/octave-forge/README b/academic/octave-forge/README
index 71ae40f084f2e..eb97213c91c54 100644
--- a/academic/octave-forge/README
+++ b/academic/octave-forge/README
@@ -9,17 +9,16 @@ variable. For example,
will build only the "main" and "extra" repositories.
Parallel compilation is not supported.
+Some packages have dependencies on external components that are not
+available on stock Slackware or SlackBuilds.org. These components
+(and, more generally, packages failing compilation) are automatically
+excluded from the package.
+
If you want to build a newer version of Octave-Forge, you need to
regenerate the Octave script that performs the build itself. To do
this, run generate-installscript.sh after updating the usual variables
near the beginning.
-This script requires Octave, available on SlackBuilds.org.
-Some packages also have dependencies on external components, not
-available on stock Slackware or SlackBuilds.org. These components
-(and, more generally, packages failing compilation) are automatically
-excluded from the package.
-
Note: on package removal, you should run as root:
mkdir -p /usr/share/octave/packages && \
octave --silent --eval "pkg rebuild"