Editing Octave for GNU/Linux

= Distributions =

The recommended way for installing Octave on GNU/Linux systems is via each distribution's package installation system. If this is for some reason not possible, or the available Octave version too old, consider using a [[#Distribution_independent|distribution independent]] approach described below or [[Building|build Octave from source]].

== Arch Linux ==

: ''Main article: [[Octave for Arch Linux]]''

 pacman -S octave

== Debian and Debian-based (such as Ubuntu) ==

: ''Main article: [[Octave for Debian systems]]''

 apt install octave
 apt install liboctave-dev  # development files

== Fedora ==

: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''

 dnf install octave
 dnf install octave-devel  # development files

== Gentoo ==

 emerge --ask sci-mathematics/octave

== openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise ==

: ''Main article: [[Octave for openSUSE]]''

 zypper install octave
 zypper install octave-devel  # development files

== Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS ==

: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''

Octave is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions through the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL EPEL] repository. This section applies to CentOS, Scientific Linux, and other Red Hat Enterprise rebuild distributions as well.

'''Method 1 - the quick way:'''

    yum install epel-release
    yum install octave

'''Method 2 - if the above does not work:'''

First, follow [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F these instructions] to set up your system to install packages from EPEL. For example,

    # wget <nowiki>http://url/to/latest/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm</nowiki>
    # yum localinstall epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm

Once the EPEL repository has been enabled, you can follow the rest of the [[#Fedora|instructions for Fedora]] to install Octave using yum.

Note that EPEL intentionally does not follow new releases as closely as other distributions. Consequently, the version of Octave provided by EPEL may be several months or years out of date. There are plans for the Octave maintainers to provide support and binary RPMs for enterprise GNU/Linux distributions; contact the [mailto:maintainers@octave.org maintainers mailing list] for more information.

== Slackware ==

: ''Main article: [[Octave for Slackware]]''

= Distribution independent =

Using a distribution independent approach is particularly useful if you have an older GNU/Linux distribution or if you do not have root access on your system. A common drawback of this approach is, that these solutions are running in some kind of sandbox. Thus limitations in the communication with the underlying system may exist.  For example, executing system binaries outside the sandbox might be impossible.

== Anaconda ==

* More info: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/octave

  conda create --name octave
  conda activate octave
  conda install -c conda-forge octave

== Docker / Podman / Singularity ==

* More info: https://hub.docker.com/r/gnuoctave/octave
* Development: https://github.com/gnu-octave/docker

 docker pull docker.io/gnuoctave/octave:{{Release}}
 podman pull docker.io/gnuoctave/octave:{{Release}}

 singularity pull docker://gnuoctave/octave:{{Release}}

=== mtmiller's version ===

* More info: https://hub.docker.com/r/mtmiller/octave
* Development: https://gitlab.com/mtmiller/docker-octave

 docker pull docker.io/mtmiller/octave

== Flatpak ==

* More info: https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.octave.Octave
* Development: https://github.com/flathub/org.octave.Octave

 flatpak install flathub org.octave.Octave

== Guix ==

* More info: https://guix.gnu.org/en/packages/octave-6.2.0/

 guix install octave

== Homebrew on Linux ==
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"Homebrew on Linux" was formerly a fork known as Linuxbrew. It is possible to install the current release of Octave or the development version and any needed dependencies within your home directory.

* More info: https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-on-Linux
* Development: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/octave

 brew install octave

== MXE ==

* More info: [[MXE]]
* Development: https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave

== Snap ==

* More info: https://snapcraft.io/octave
* Development: https://github.com/octave-snap/octave-snap

 snap install octave

If you want to use a nightly snapshot build of the development branch of Octave, install from the ''edge'' channel

 snap install --edge octave

== Spack ==

* More info: https://spack.readthedocs.io/
* Development: https://github.com/spack/spack/blob/develop/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/octave/package.py

 spack install octave

= Building from source =

: ''Main article: [[Building]]''

== See also ==

* [[Octave for other Unix systems]]

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