diff --git a/academic/octave/README b/academic/octave/README
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+GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical 
+computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for solving 
+linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other 
+numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with 
+Matlab. It may also be used as a batch-oriented language.
diff --git a/academic/octave/octave.SlackBuild b/academic/octave/octave.SlackBuild
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Slackware build script for octave
+
+# Copyright 2006  Robby Workman  (http://rlworkman.net)
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
+# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
+# EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
+# OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
+# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
+# OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+# ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+# Modified by the SlackBuilds.org project
+
+PRGNAM=octave
+VERSION=2.1.73
+ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+CWD=`pwd`
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+fi
+
+rm -rf $PKG 
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG/usr $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP 
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar -xjvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2 || exit 1
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+chown -R root:root .
+chmod -R a-s,u+w,go+r-w .
+
+# GNU octave doesn't have DESTDIR support, so we do it this way :)
+CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+./configure \
+  --prefix=$PKG/usr \
+  || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
+
+( cd $PKG
+  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+  find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+)
+
+gzip -9 $PKG/usr/man/man?/* $PKG/usr/info/*.info*
+rm $PKG/usr/info/dir
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+for FILE in BUGS COPYING ChangeLog ChangeLog.1 INSTALL INSTALL.OCTAVE \
+  NEWS NEWS.1 PROJECTS README README.Linux ROADMAP SENDING-PATCHES \
+  THANKS doc/* examples; do cp -a $FILE $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION; 
+done
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+
+cd $PKG
+chown -R root:root .
+find . -perm 777 -exec chmod 755 {} \;
+find . -perm 775 -exec chmod 755 {} \;
+find . -perm 666 -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+find . -perm 664 -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz
diff --git a/academic/octave/octave.info b/academic/octave/octave.info
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+++ b/academic/octave/octave.info
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+PRGNAM="octave"
+VERSION="2.1.73"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/"
+DOWNLOAD="ftp://ftp.octave.org/pub/octave/obsolete/octave-2.1.73.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="c356475aa06d81a10f8bf27f1a1d27a0"
+MAINTAINER="Robby Workman"
+EMAIL="rw@rlworkman.net"
+APPROVED="robw810"
diff --git a/academic/octave/slack-desc b/academic/octave/slack-desc
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+octave: GNU Octave (Matlab clone)
+octave: 
+octave: GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical 
+octave: computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for solving 
+octave: linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other 
+octave: numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with 
+octave: Matlab. It may also be used as a batch-oriented language.
+octave:
+octave: Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/
+octave: