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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


Determine what packages are currently available, using e.g.
== Debian and Debian-based (such as Ubuntu) ==


    $ aptitude search octave
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Debian systems]]''


As of 2008/05, the command above should list, amongst others:
apt install octave
apt install liboctave-dev  # development files


    octave3.0 - GNU Octave language for numerical computations (3.0 branch)
== Fedora ==
    octave3.0-doc - PDF documentation on the GNU Octave language (3.0 branch)
    octave3.0-emacsen - Emacs support for the GNU Octave language (3.0 branch)
    octave3.0-headers - header files for the GNU Octave language (3.0 branch)


In July, 2012, with that time current stable (Squeeze), you get above mentioned in 3.2 version, so replace names of the packages appropriately in the following commands.
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''


Select your choice of packages, then install them, e.g. w/
dnf install octave
dnf install octave-devel  # development files


    # aptitude install octave3.0 octave3.0-doc octave3.0-emacsen
== Gentoo ==


==Notes:==
emerge --ask sci-mathematics/octave


*For brevity, the numerous other Debian packages have been omitted in the above list.
== openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise ==
*At a minimum, one should install one of the packages returned by the command:


    $ aptitude search ?provides\(^octave$\)
: ''Main article: [[Octave for openSUSE]]''


*The OctaveForge packages are spread over many Debian packages. All OctaveForge packages will probably be found with the command:
zypper install octave
zypper install octave-devel  # development files


    $ aptitude search ?description\(octave-forge\)
== Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS ==


==[http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?action=anchor&id=DebianDevelopmentSources#DebianDevelopmentSources Debian Development Sources]==
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''


In order to build Octave from development sources, the first step is to follow the instructions given under the heading Development Sources of [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html Downloading Octave]. These commands require Mercurial, which can be installed with the command
yum install epel-release
yum install octave
yum install octave-devel  # development files


    # aptitude install mercurial
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.


Building Octave from sources requires a number of programs and libraries. All of these are available as Debian packages and the list given on [Debian's source package page for Octave3.2] can be used for reference and installed by
== Slackware ==


# aptitude build-dep octave3.2
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Slackware]]''


After this, it should be possible to follow the [[Build from source]] instructions.
= Distribution independent =


==Debian Versions==
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.


Note that on Debian, multiple versions of Octave are provided concurrently and thus, Octave packages have names that include the version number, such as, for example: octave2.1-emacsen, octave3.0-emacsen, octave3.2-emacsen. This may change with Octave 3.4.
== Docker ==


References: [https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/help-octave/2009-November/037394.html Upgrade Ubuntu Jaunty to Karmic (9.04 to 9.10) breaks self-compiled octave]([http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.octave.general/27056/focus=27080 Gmane copy]), [http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-octave-devel/2011-February/007699.html Octave 3.4]
* More info: https://hub.docker.com/r/mtmiller/octave
* Development: https://gitlab.com/mtmiller/docker-octave


=Ubuntu=
docker pull mtmiller/octave
Note that on Ubuntu 10.04 and above, the default command to get packages is apt-get instead of aptitude (unless you have installed aptitude). Therefore the command to search the available packages is


    $ apt-cache search octave
== Flatpak ==


The rest of the commands are the same but replacing aptitude with apt-get.
* More info: https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.octave.Octave
* Development: https://github.com/flathub/org.octave.Octave


To build newer releases of octave some extra packages may be needed. Next some extra compilation instructions are given.
flatpak install flathub org.octave.Octave


If you plan to compile stuff in your Ubuntu system is not unwise to get the essential tools.
== Guix ==


    $ sudo apt-get install build-essential
* More info: https://guix.gnu.org/packages/octave-5.1.0/


After these you can proceed to get the dependencies as explained before.
== Homebrew on Linux ==
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    $ sudo apt-get build-dep octave3.2
"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.


After this, it should be possible to follow the [[Build from source]] instructions. However, you may notice that the <code>configure</code> script says that '''bison''' and '''libfontconfig-dev''' are still missing so you need to get them too.
* More info: https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-on-Linux
* Development: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/octave


    $ sudo apt-get install bison libfontconfig-dev
brew install octave


After this you can compile (which takes some time, 1:30 hr in a 2.0 Ghz PC). Even though make check may work perfectly, you may still find a problem when trying to plot. This is due to missing x11 for gnuplot. Gnuplot will tell you <code>Terminal set to unknown</code>. To fix it get the full gnuplot package
== MXE ==


    $ sudo apt-get install gnuplot
* More info: [[MXE]]
* Development: https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave


Make sure that gnuplot-x11 is in the list of installed packages.
== Snap ==


You may still find a problem when plotting: <code>Gtk-WARNIN **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap"</code> To fix this do
* More info: https://snapcraft.io/octave
* Development: https://github.com/octave-snap/octave-snap


    $ sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-pixbuf
snap install octave --beta


=== Unofficial binaries ===
= Building from source =
Until Ubuntu packaging  is up and running you can get .deb packages for Ubuntu built with [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CheckInstall checkinstall] (note that these packages are not official)


'''Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10'''
: ''Main article: [[Building]]''
* [http://ubuntuone.com/6iTsUm8xqX7rXDf3S6yfeM Octave 3.4.3 (32bits)].
* [http://ubuntuone.com/4sGNUuh9ykZdadEX0QPtY2 Octave 3.4.3 (64bits)].
* [http://ubuntuone.com/6WX6polYRNXeJuBqVsCZvi Octave 3.6.1 (32bits)].


'''Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10'''
== See also ==
* [http://ubuntuone.com/6l35Gf3j8alWL7fGeYW388 Octave 3.4.3 (32bits)].
* [http://ubuntuone.com/50BTtQn3qO3eMB8kngAMaq Octave 3.6.1 (64bits)].


'''Ubuntu 12.04'''
* [[Octave for other Unix systems]]
* [https://launchpad.net/~picaso/+archive/octave Octave 3.6.1 ppa (32 & 64 bits)].
* [https://launchpad.net/~mvanderkolff/+archive/octave-3.6 Octave 3.6.1 ppa (w/ some forge pkgs)].


==References==
[[Category:Installation]]
 
[[Category:GNU/Linux]]
*[http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Octave-3-4-3-in-Ubuntu-11-10-td3947501.html Octave 3.4.3 in Ubuntu 11.10].
*[http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Ubuntu-10-10-binaries-to-test-td3929887.html Ubuntu 10.10 binaries to test].
*[http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Ubuntu-11-10-binaries-td3947804.html Ubuntu 11.10 binaries]
 
=Fedora=
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:
*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
 
    # yum install octave-forge
 
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
 
    # yum install octave-forge atlas
 
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).
 
=Gentoo=
Octave is available through Gentoo's package management system, Portage. To install Octave:
 
    # emerge sync
    # emerge octave
    # emerge octave-forge (optional)
 
=RedHat=
 
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.
 
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).
 
=SuSE=
Octave 2.1.36 is included with SuSE 8.1.
 
The ATLAS libraries are not included, for some reason, but the atlas.rpm for SuSE 7.3 (in the beo section) will install without problems.
 
 
=Arch Linux=
 
Updated Octave's version is in the extra repository. It can be installed by typing:
 
    # pacman -S octave
 
[[Category:GNULinux]]
 
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Revision as of 15:07, 8 December 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

See also

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