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This description is based on the Octave package <code>java-1.2.8</code>. The <code>java</code> package usually installs its script files (.m) in the directory <code>.../share/Octave/packages/java-1.2.8</code> and its binary (.oct) files in <code>.../libexec/Octave/packages/java-1.2.8</code>. You can get help on specific functions in Octave by executing the help command

with the name of a function from this package:

You can view the whole doc file in Octave by executing the info command with just the word java:

Note on calling Octave from Java: the <code>java</code> package is designed for calling Java from Octave. If you want to call Octave from Java, you might want to use a library like <code>javaOctave</code> [http://kenai.com/projects/javaOctave] or <code>joPas</code> [http://jopas.sourceforge.net].