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[http://www.octave.org GNU Octave] is a high-level interpreted language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides capabilities for the numerical solution of linear and nonlinear problems, and for performing other numerical experiments. It also provides extensive graphics capabilities for data visualization and manipulation. GNU Octave is normally used through its interactive interface (CLI and GUI), but it can also be used to write non-interactive programs. The GNU Octave language is quite similar to Matlab so that most programs are easily portable.
[https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ GNU Octave] is a high-level interpreted language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides capabilities for the numerical solution of linear and nonlinear problems, and for performing other numerical experiments. It also provides extensive graphics capabilities for data visualization and manipulation. The program is named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_Levenspiel Octave Levenspiel], a former professor of the principal author. GNU Octave is normally used through its interactive interface ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface CLI] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface GUI]), but it can also be used to write non-interactive programs. The project was conceived around 1988 and at first it was intended to be a companion to a chemical reactor design course. The GNU Octave language is largely compatible to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATLAB Matlab] so that most programs are easily portable. In addition, functions known from the C standard library and from UNIX system calls and functions are supported. C/C++ and Fortran code can be called from Octave by creating [https://octave.org/doc/interpreter/Getting-Started-with-Oct_002dFiles.html Oct-Files], or using Matlab compatible [https://octave.org/doc/interpreter/Mex_002dFiles.html Mex-Files].


This wiki is intended to supplement the [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter GNU Octave documentation]. Before adding content, please check that it is not already part of, or belongs in, the documentation and read the [[Contribution guidelines]].
== ⚙️ [[:Category:Installation|Installing]] ==


== GNU Octave FAQ ==
Installation instructions for:
* [[Octave for GNU/Linux|GNU/Linux]], [[Octave for Android|Android]], and [[Octave for other Unix systems|other Unix systems]]
* [[Octave for macOS|macOS]]
* [[Octave for Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]]


The [[FAQ]] is a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) for GNU Octave users and a good place to start.
Get installers and sources from https://www.octave.org/download.


Answers to questions regarding [[FAQ#General|what is Octave]], [[FAQ#Licensing_issues|licensing]], [[FAQ#What.27s_new_in_Octave|new features]], [[FAQ#What_documentation_exists_for_Octave.3F|documentation]], [[FAQ#Installation_issues_and_problems|installation]], [[FAQ#Coding|coding]], [[FAQ#How_can_I_get_involved_in_Octave_development.3F|contributing to Octave]], and more, are found there.
{{Note|'''GNU Octave {{Release}}''' is the current stable release.}}


== Table of contents ==
Are you using an old version of Octave?  Check the [[Release History]] page to see how old it is.


Below is a temporary attempt to organize the "most wanted" pages of the Wiki. A list of all pages on the wiki can be seen [[Special:AllPages|here]]. To locate something specific, try the wiki's search box, or prepend {{Codeline|<nowiki>site:http://www.octave.org/wiki/</nowiki>}} to a [https://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.octave.org%2Fwiki google search]. Please read the [[Contribution guidelines]] first, if you want to contribute to this Wiki.
== ❓ Getting help ==


=== [[:Category:Installation|Installation]] ===
* [[FAQ]]
* [[Octave for Microsoft Windows]]
* [https://docs.octave.org/quickref Octave Quick Reference PDF]
* [[Octave for MinGW]]
* [https://docs.octave.org/latest Full documentation]
* [[Octave for MacOS X]]
* [[Octave for GNU/Linux]]
* [[Octave for other Unix systems]]


=== [[:Category:Packages|Packages]] ===
* [https://octave.discourse.group Octave Discourse] - Forum for Octave users and developers.
* [[OEP:pkg|Installing packages]]
* [https://octave.org/support Other support options]
* [[Creating packages]]


==== [[Octave-Forge]] ====
== 💡 [[:Category:Resources|Getting started]] 🔰 ==
* [[Dicom_package|Dicom]]
* [[Geometry_package|Geometry]]
* [[IO_package|I/O]]
* [[Java_package|Java]]
* [[Mechanics_package|Mechanics]]
* [[Instrument_control__package|Instrument control]]
* [[Sockets_package|Sockets]]
* [[Image_acquisition_package|Image acquisition]] Capture images, for example from v4l2 hardware like webcams
* [[Video_package|Video]]
* [[Fem-fenics|fem-fenics]] Interface to [http://fenicsproject.org/ FEnics] FEM library
* [[bim_package|bim]] Solve Partial Differential Equaltions with a Finite Element method
* [http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be/mediawiki/index.php/CGI_programming_with_Octave CGI] Common Gateway Interface for Octave
* [http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be/mediawiki/index.php/Optimal_interpolation_Fortran_module_with_Octave_interface optiminterp] Optimal interpolation
* [http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be/mediawiki/index.php/NetCDF_toolbox_for_Octave octcdf] NetCDF package (old)
* [http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be/mediawiki/index.php/Octave-netcdf netcdf] matlab-compatible NetCDF package
* [http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be/mediawiki/index.php/NcArray ncArray] High-level interface of accessing a single or a collection of NetCDF files as a multi-dimensional array
* [[Parallel_package|parallel]]


=== [[:Category:Editors|Editors]] ===
* [[Publications using Octave#Books|Books]]
* [[Gedit]]
* [[Video tutorials|Videos]]
* [[Emacs]]
* [[:Category:Resources|Tutorials and Examples]]
* [[Nano]]
* [[Vim]]
* [[Kate]]
* [http://octclipse.sourceforge.net Octclipse] (Windows and GNU/Linux only.  The Octclipse developers are seeking individuals to assist with MacOS X support.)
* [https://sites.google.com/site/domainmathide/ DomainMath IDE] (Windows,GNU/Linux and Mac OS.)
* [https://bitbucket.org/jgpallero/octave-sh GNU Octave syntax highlight files] (Syntax highlight definitions for some editors. Contibutions are welcome)


=== [[:Category:Resources|Tutorials/Examples]] ===
== 🔬 [[:Category:Development|Development]] ==
* [[Octave Basics]] - For those just getting started.
* [[Tips and tricks]] - Guidelines to improve your coding skills.
* [[Cookbook]] - Several simple and useful examples.
* [[Octave load]] - Use liboctave functions to load variables from a file in Octave's binary format.
* [[Fortran]] - Accessing liboctave from a Fortran 2003 program.
* [[Octave fun]] - Coding can be fun -- miscellaneous more or less funny scripts
* [[Video tutorials]]
==== [[:Category:Plotting tutorials|Plotting tutorials]] ====


=== [[:Category:Development|Development]] ===
We always need more help improving Octave and there are many ways [https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/get-involved.html you can contribute] (fixing bugs, developing new features, answering questions on [https://octave.discourse.group/ Octave Discourse], ...).
* [[Release 3.8]] - Information about the upcoming 3.8 release.
* [[Roadmap]] - Future plans for the development of Octave
* [[International Characters Support]] - Using Octave in your own language.


==== [[:Category:Building|Building]] ====
::* Get an overview about the [[:Category:Development|GNU Octave development]].
* [[Building]]
::* Take a look at our [[Projects|project ideas]] and [[Summer of Code - Getting Started | Summer of Code project
* [[Continuous Build]]
ideas]].
* [[Enable large arrays: Build octave such that it can use arrays larger than 2Gb.|Building Octave to use large arrays]]


==== [[:Category:Testing|Testing]] ====
== 📦 [[:Category:Packages|Packages]] ==
* [[Tests|Testing source code]]
==== [[:Category:Packaging|Packaging]] ====
* [[Create a MacOS X App Bundle Using MacPorts]]


=== [[:Category:Academia|Academia]] ===
* [https://docs.octave.org/latest/Installing-and-Removing-Packages.html Installing packages]
* [[Publications using Octave]] - A compilation of scientific publications making reference to GNU Octave (add yours!).
* [https://packages.octave.org Octave Packages] &mdash; collection of packages and toolboxes


=== [[:Category:Project Ideas|Project Ideas]] ===
== 📝[[:Category:User Contributed Code|User Contributed Code]] ==
* [[Projects]]
* [[Summer of Code Project Ideas]]


== External Links ==
* [[:Category:User Contributed Code|Category User Contributed Code]] &mdash; A compilation of user provided code (✏️ add yours!)
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave Homepage]
 
* [http://octave.sourceforge.net/ Octave Forge]
== 🎓 [[:Category:Academia|Academia]] ==
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=octave GNU Octave - Bug Tracker]
 
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?group=octave GNU Octave - Task Tracker]
* [[Publications using Octave]] &mdash; A compilation of scientific publications making reference to GNU Octave (add yours!).
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?group=octave GNU Octave - Patch Tracker]
 
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/hg/?group=octave GNU Octave - Mercurial Repositories]
== 🌐 External Links ==
* [http://planet.octave.org Planet Octave] (site summary for blogs from Octave's [http://code.google.com/soc/ GSoC] and [http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2013/ SoCiS] students)
 
* [https://octave.org Octave Homepage]
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=octave Bug Tracker]
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?group=octave Task Tracker]
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?group=octave Patch Tracker]
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/hg/?group=octave Development Repository]

Latest revision as of 14:51, 4 March 2023

GNU Octave is a high-level interpreted language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides capabilities for the numerical solution of linear and nonlinear problems, and for performing other numerical experiments. It also provides extensive graphics capabilities for data visualization and manipulation. The program is named after Octave Levenspiel, a former professor of the principal author. GNU Octave is normally used through its interactive interface (CLI and GUI), but it can also be used to write non-interactive programs. The project was conceived around 1988 and at first it was intended to be a companion to a chemical reactor design course. The GNU Octave language is largely compatible to Matlab so that most programs are easily portable. In addition, functions known from the C standard library and from UNIX system calls and functions are supported. C/C++ and Fortran code can be called from Octave by creating Oct-Files, or using Matlab compatible Mex-Files.

⚙️ Installing[edit]

Installation instructions for:

Get installers and sources from https://www.octave.org/download.

Info icon.svg
GNU Octave 9.2.0 is the current stable release.

Are you using an old version of Octave? Check the Release History page to see how old it is.

❓ Getting help[edit]

💡 Getting started 🔰[edit]

🔬 Development[edit]

We always need more help improving Octave and there are many ways you can contribute (fixing bugs, developing new features, answering questions on Octave Discourse, ...).

📦 Packages[edit]

📝User Contributed Code[edit]

🎓 Academia[edit]

🌐 External Links[edit]

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