Octave for GNU/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 approach described below or build 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 / Podman / Singularity

• More info: https://hub.docker.com/r/gnuoctave/octave
• Development: https://github.com/gnu-octave/docker

docker pull docker.io/gnuoctave/octave:9.2.0
podman pull docker.io/gnuoctave/octave:9.2.0

singularity pull docker://gnuoctave/octave:9.2.0

mtmiller's version

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

docker pull docker.io/mtmiller/octave

Flatpak

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

flatpak install flathub org.octave.Octave

Guix

• More info: https://guix.gnu.org/en/packages/octave-6.2.0/

guix install octave

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.

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

brew install octave

MXE

• More info: MXE
• Development: https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave

Snap

• More info: https://snapcraft.io/octave
• Development: https://github.com/octave-snap/octave-snap

snap install octave

If you want to use a nightly snapshot build of the development branch of Octave, install from the edge channel

snap install --edge octave

Anaconda

• More info: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/octave

 conda create --name octave
 conda activate octave
 conda install -c conda-forge octave

Spack

• More info: https://spack.readthedocs.io/
• Development: https://github.com/spack/spack/blob/develop/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/octave/package.py

spack install octave

Building from source

Main article: Building

See also

• Octave for other Unix systems