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== Compiling from source == | == Compiling from source == | ||
The only ''tricky'' part is to install the dependencies. Once that is solved, installing from source should be as easy as {{Codeline|./configure && make && make install}}. See the manual for the [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Running-Configure-and-Make.html#Running-Configure-and-Make configure options]. | |||
=== Dependencies === | === Dependencies === | ||
The | The easy way to install ''most'' of the necessary dependencies is to {{Codeline|sudo apt-get build-dep octave}} (the actual package name may be slightly different). However, this will also install extra packages unrelated to the build of octave and may miss some dependencies (depending on the distance between the version on the repositories and the one being built). | ||
The best way is to select and install all the dependencies as listed on the {{Path|INSTALL.OCTAVE}} file. The following is their package names for Debian repositories (they will have their own dependencies which your package maintainer will solve automatically). | |||
* build tools | * build tools | ||
Revision as of 13:34, 20 July 2012
For Debian, and Debian based distributions such as Ubuntu, specific solutions.
Pre-compiled binaries
Compiling from source
The only tricky part is to install the dependencies. Once that is solved, installing from source should be as easy as ./configure && make && make install. See the manual for the configure options.
Dependencies
The easy way to install most of the necessary dependencies is to sudo apt-get build-dep octave (the actual package name may be slightly different). However, this will also install extra packages unrelated to the build of octave and may miss some dependencies (depending on the distance between the version on the repositories and the one being built).
The best way is to select and install all the dependencies as listed on the INSTALL.OCTAVE file. The following is their package names for Debian repositories (they will have their own dependencies which your package maintainer will solve automatically).
- build tools
g++ gcc gfortran make
- external packages
libblas-dev liblapack-dev libpcre3-dev
- optional but strongly recommended
libreadline-dev libarpack2-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libfftw3-dev libfltk-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libglpk-dev libgraphicsmagick++-dev gnuplot libhdf5-serial-dev libgl-dev libqhull-dev libqrupdate-dev libsuitesparse-dev texinfo zlib1g-dev
libhdf5-serial-dev. However, the msh package requires gmsh which is not compatible with it.