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{{Note|Windows installers are available for the latest version of '''Octave ({{Release}}, released on {{Release Date}})''' from https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/.}} | {{Note|Windows installers are available for the latest version of '''Octave ({{Release}}, released on {{Release Date}})''' from https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/.}} | ||
Users are encouraged to use the latest version unless a specific feature or requirement | Users are encouraged to use the latest version unless a specific feature or requirement warrants using an older version of the software. Version specific instructions and installation notes are provided below. | ||
:'''Note:''' As of version 4.4.1, '''Octave no longer supports Windows XP'''. There may be some workarounds to get Octave installed and running in command line mode (see Bug {{bug|54662}}), but maintainers cannot provide support and troubleshooting for this beyond what has already been documented. | |||
:'''Note:''' As of version 4.4.1, '''Octave no longer supports Windows XP'''. There may be some workarounds to get Octave installed and running in command line mode (see Bug {{bug|54662}}), but maintainers cannot provide support and troubleshooting for this beyond what has already been documented. | |||
=Installers for Microsoft Windows= | =Installers for Microsoft Windows= | ||
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The best (and recommended) way to use Octave on Windows is to use the provided installers (see above). But for some special requirements, the version of Octave packaged by MSYS2 might be the better solution. Those special requirements might include: | The best (and recommended) way to use Octave on Windows is to use the provided installers (see above). But for some special requirements, the version of Octave packaged by MSYS2 might be the better solution. Those special requirements might include: | ||
* Users might want to use e.g. Octave packages that depend on third party packages not included in MXE Octave | * Users might want to use e.g. Octave packages that depend on third party packages not included in MXE Octave. | ||
* Users might need features of newer versions of packages | * Users might need features of newer versions of packages that are included in an older version in MXE Octave. | ||
* ... | * ... | ||
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*'''Maintainer:''' Marco Atzeri | *'''Maintainer:''' Marco Atzeri | ||
*'''Latest release:''' | *'''Latest release:''' 2022-01-06 | ||
*Latest packages: | *Latest packages: | ||
:octave- | :octave-6.4.0-1 | ||
:Its announce on cygwin mailing list [https:// | :Its announce on cygwin mailing list [https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin-announce/2022-January/010389.html] | ||
: | :Octave Forge packages have each a cygwin package. | ||
:Its announce on cygwin mailing list [https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/cygwin-announce/2017-01/msg00078.html] | |||
: Full cygwin package list is available here [https://cygwin.com/packages/] | : Full cygwin package list is available here [https://cygwin.com/packages/] | ||
: At | : At 2017-04-06, 64 forge packages were available. | ||
*To install : | *To install : | ||
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* To build GNU Octave from cygwin source package, you need to install "cygport" and the relevant development libraries | * To build GNU Octave from cygwin source package, you need to install "cygport" and the relevant development libraries | ||
:<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | :<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
tar -xf octave- | tar -xf octave-6.4.0-1-src.tar.xz | ||
cygport octave.cygport almostall | cygport octave.cygport almostall | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> |