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:''This article provides general information about '''building GNU Octave''' from source (on Unix-like systems).''
: '' This article provides general information about building GNU Octave from source. If you just want to install Octave, see [[:Category:Installation]].''
 
:*''If you just want to '''install GNU Octave''', see [[:Category:Installation]].''
:*''For '''MS Windows''', read [[Building on Microsoft Windows]] and [[Windows Installer]].''
:*''For '''macOS''', read [[Octave for macOS]].''


== General steps ==
== General steps ==
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* [[Octave for Arch Linux|Arch Linux]]
* [[Octave for Arch Linux|Arch Linux]]
* [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems|Fedora / RedHat / CentOS]]}}
* [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems|Fedora / RedHat / CentOS]]}}
On [[Windows Installer|MS Windows]] and [[Octave for macOS|macOS]] systems the generic Octave build process described on this page needs some more effort to fulfill the described build dependencies.  Please read [[Windows Installer]] and [[Octave for macOS]] for information how to build Octave for the respective systems.


Dependencies marked with <span style="background:lightgreen">green background</span> are '''required''' for building Octave.  All other tools and libraries are recommended/optional, but very useful features (like the GUI, plotting, etc.) are likely to be disabled.
Dependencies marked with <span style="background:lightgreen">green background</span> are '''required''' for building Octave.  All other tools and libraries are recommended/optional, but very useful features (like the GUI, plotting, etc.) are likely to be disabled.
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