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The recommended way for installing Octave and Octave-Forge packages on GNU/Linux systems
= Distributions =
is via each distribution package installation system.


Here is a list of the latest Octave version available in some 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]] Octave from source.


* Debian Mint 13, has Octave 3.6.2 as of June 28 2012
== Arch Linux ==
* Zenwalk GNU Linux, Snapshot Version, has Octave 3.6.2 as of June 28 2012
* Fedora 17, has Octave 3.6.2 as of June 28 2012
* openSUSE 11.4 and 12.1, has Octave 3.6.2 (Science repository) as of June 28 2012


More detailed instructions follow.
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Arch Linux]]''


=Debian=
pacman -S octave


    $ sudo aptitude install octave<version> octave<version>-doc
== Debian and Debian-based (such as Ubuntu) ==


where {{Codeline|<version>}} must be substituted by the appropriate string.
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Debian systems]]''


The Octave-Forge packages are spread over many Debian packages. All Octave-Forge packages will probably be found with the command:
apt install octave
apt install liboctave-dev  # development files


    $ aptitude search ?description\(octave-forge\)
== Fedora ==


=Ubuntu=
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''
For building from source, see the [[Debian]] instructions.


dnf install octave
dnf install octave-devel  # development files


=== Unofficial binaries ===
== Gentoo ==


=Fedora=
emerge --ask sci-mathematics/octave
Early versions of Fedora included Octave in the core distribution. Since Fedora Core 3, Octave has been included in Fedora Extras (and is generally better maintained now in Extras than it was in Core). The packages can be installed using the yum command, which will automatically download and install the packages along with all of their dependencies.


The related packages are:
== openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise ==
*octave
*octave-devel
*octave-forge


octave-forge is recommended to all users, as it provides many extra functions. octave-devel contains the octave headers and mkoctfile script and is really only needed by users who are developing code that is to be dynamically linked to octave. octave and octave-forge can be installed with the command
: ''Main article: [[Octave for openSUSE]]''


    # yum install octave-forge
zypper install octave
zypper install octave-devel  # development files


By default, yum will most likely install blas and lapack as your matrix math libraries, but ATLAS is usually much faster. If you want to install atlas with octave, use the command
== Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS ==


    # yum install octave-forge atlas
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''


Note that if you are using an i386-compatible processor the base atlas package is not optimized for newer hardware. If you have newer hardware, you can get even better performance with the atlas-3dnow (AMD K6 processors), atlas-sse (Pentium III or newer), or atlas-sse2 (Pentium 4 or newer).
yum install epel-release
yum install octave
yum install octave-devel  # development files


=Gentoo=
If the above does not work, 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.
Octave is available through Gentoo's package management system, Portage. To install Octave:


    # emerge sync
== Slackware ==
    # emerge octave
    # emerge octave-forge (optional)


=Red Hat Enterprise=
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Slackware]]''


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.
= Distribution independent =


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,
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.


    # wget <nowiki>http://url/to/latest/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm</nowiki>
== Docker ==
    # 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.
* More info: https://hub.docker.com/r/mtmiller/octave
* Development: https://gitlab.com/mtmiller/docker-octave


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.
docker pull mtmiller/octave


=RedHat=
== Flatpak ==


Octave is included with RedHat. If you are still using an old version of RedHat and want a newer version of octave, your best options are to consider updating your distribution to a recent Fedora release or compile octave from source.
* More info: https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.octave.Octave
* Development: https://github.com/flathub/org.octave.Octave


Note that RH 7.x distributions (as well as RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1) have included an old version of GCC (pre 3.x). It is known that GCC 2.96 (included in RH7.3) can compile octave (as of version 2.1.57), but the resulting binary will be bad. RedHat made available RPMs for GCC 3.1-5 through http://rhn.redhat.com (those RPMs may be available on other RPM repositories).
flatpak install flathub org.octave.Octave


=SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE=
== Guix ==
Octave 3.6.2 is included in the science repository with SLE 11 SP2 and openSUSE 11.4, 12.1, 12.2


[http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science/ OBS science]
* More info: https://guix.gnu.org/packages/octave-5.1.0/


For example for openSUSE 12.2 you would do
== Homebrew on Linux ==
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    # zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science/openSUSE_12.2/ science
"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.
    # zypper refresh
    # zypper install octave octave-devel


for other versions change the version number in the first command accordingly.
* More info: https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-on-Linux
* Development: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/octave


2012-08-21: arpack-ng and SuiteSparse 4.0 bindings which were broken before are again functional, if you have a previous version of the rpm's installed consider to update them.
brew install octave


[[Category:GNULinux]]
== MXE ==


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


Updated Octave's version is in the extra repository. It can be installed by typing:
== Snap ==


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


[[Category:GNULinux]]
snap install octave --beta


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= Building from source =
 
: ''Main article: [[Building]]''
 
[[Category:Installation]]
[[Category:GNU/Linux]]

Revision as of 01:43, 24 October 2019

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 approach described below or Building 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
yum install epel-release
yum install octave
yum install octave-devel  # development files

If the above does not work, follow these instructions to set up your system to install packages from EPEL.

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.

Docker

docker pull mtmiller/octave

Flatpak

flatpak install flathub org.octave.Octave

Guix

Homebrew on Linux

"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. 

brew install octave

MXE

Snap

snap install octave --beta

Building from source

Main article: Building
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