11
edits
Octave for GNU/Linux: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
Carandraug (talk | contribs) (→Troubleshooting: moved to Debian page) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
For more details, see the [[Debian]] specific instructions page. | For more details, see the [[Debian]] specific instructions page. | ||
=Ubuntu 12.04= | |||
The package can be obtained from the Software Center but the Octave package is old (3.2). The most current stable version is available through a Personal Package Archive (PPA). You will need to add the PPA to you system. Execute the following in a terminal: | |||
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:octave/stable | |||
sudo apt-get update | |||
If you need more information on adding a repository, visit [https://launchpad.net/~octave/+archive/stable GNU Octave Stable Releases] PPA. You can now install from the Software Center or a terminal. | |||
To install Octave with documentation execute the following in a terminal: | |||
sudo apt-get install octave octave-doc octave-info octave-htmldoc | |||
If you want to be able to build packages from Octave Forge, you will want liboctave-dev package: | |||
sudo apt-get install liboctave-dev | |||
If you want Octave debugging symbols, use the following: | |||
sudo apt-get install octave-dbg | |||
=Fedora= | =Fedora= | ||
The packages can be installed using the yum command, they are: | The packages can be installed using the yum command, they are: | ||