1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
index 73f13c11a7db..428d97eaf794 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 libX11, graphicsmagick, pcre, liblapack, texLive, pkgconfig, mesa, fltk,
 fftw, fftwSinglePrec, zlib, curl, qrupdate }:
 
+let
+  version = "3.6.4";
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "octave-3.6.4";
+  name = "octave-${version}";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/octave/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "0qn9s7jrjmrn6w3rvp8d7vfnymyv0spnxzrp9l7p8p8zb7wms67s";
@@ -27,6 +30,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp test/fntests.log $out/share/octave/${name}-fntests.log
   '';
 
+  passthru = {
+    inherit version;
+    sitePath = "share/octave/${version}/site";
+  };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://octave.org/;
     license = "GPLv3+";