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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


For building from source, see the [[Debian]] instructions.
== Debian and Debian-based (such as Ubuntu) ==


Determine what packages are currently available, using e.g.
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Debian systems]]''


    $ aptitude search octave
apt install octave
apt install liboctave-dev  # development files


As of 2008/05, the command above should list, amongst others:
== Fedora ==


    octave3.0 - GNU Octave language for numerical computations (3.0 branch)
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''
    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.
dnf install octave
dnf install octave-devel  # development files


Select your choice of packages, then install them, e.g. w/
== Gentoo ==


    # aptitude install octave3.0 octave3.0-doc octave3.0-emacsen
emerge --ask sci-mathematics/octave


==Notes:==
== openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise ==


*For brevity, the numerous other Debian packages have been omitted in the above list.
: ''Main article: [[Octave for openSUSE]]''
*At a minimum, one should install one of the packages returned by the command:  


    $ aptitude search ?provides\(^octave$\)
zypper install octave
zypper install octave-devel  # development files


*The OctaveForge packages are spread over many Debian packages. All OctaveForge packages will probably be found with the command:
== Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS ==


    $ aptitude search ?description\(octave-forge\)
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''


==[http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?action=anchor&id=DebianDevelopmentSources#DebianDevelopmentSources Debian Development Sources]==
yum install epel-release
yum install octave
yum install octave-devel  # development files


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
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.


    # aptitude install mercurial
== Slackware ==


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


# aptitude build-dep octave3.2
= Distribution independent =


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


==Debian Versions==
== Docker ==


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


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]
docker pull mtmiller/octave


=Ubuntu=
== Flatpak ==
For building from source, see the [[Debian]] instructions.


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


=== Unofficial binaries ===
flatpak install flathub org.octave.Octave


=Fedora=
== Guix ==
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:
* More info: https://guix.gnu.org/packages/octave-5.1.0/
*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
== Homebrew on Linux ==
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    # yum install octave-forge
"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.


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


    # yum install octave-forge atlas
brew install octave


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).
== MXE ==


=Gentoo=
* More info: [[MXE]]
Octave is available through Gentoo's package management system, Portage. To install Octave:
* Development: https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave


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


=Red Hat Enterprise=
* More info: https://snapcraft.io/octave
* Development: https://github.com/octave-snap/octave-snap


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.
snap install octave --beta


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,
= Building from source =


    # wget <nowiki>http://url/to/latest/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm</nowiki>
: ''Main article: [[Building]]''
    # 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.
== See also ==


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.
* [[Octave for other Unix systems]]


=RedHat=
[[Category:Installation]]
 
[[Category:GNU/Linux]]
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 Linux Enterprise and openSUSE=
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]
 
For example for openSUSE 12.2 you would do
 
    # zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science/openSUSE_12.2/ science
    # zypper refresh
    # zypper install octave octave-devel
 
for other versions change the version number in the first command accordingly.
 
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.
 
[[Category:GNULinux]]
 
=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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