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| C++, C, and Fortran compilers
| C++, C, and Fortran compilers
| Compiling the source code
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| {{codeline|build-essential}}
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| [http://www.gnu.org/software/make GNU Make]
| [http://www.gnu.org/software/make GNU Make]
| Makefile processor
| Makefile processor
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| {{codeline|make}}
| {{codeline|make}}
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| AWK, sed, and other Unix utilities
| AWK, sed, and other Unix utilities
| Miscellaneous tasks
| Miscellaneous tasks
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| {{codeline|awk}}, {{codeline|sed}}, ...
| {{codeline|awk}}, {{codeline|sed}}, ...
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| [http://www.gnu.org/software/bison Bison]
| [http://www.gnu.org/software/bison Bison]
| Parser generator
| Parser generator
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| {{codeline|bison}}
| {{codeline|bison}}
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| [http://www.gnu.org/software/flex Flex]
| [http://www.gnu.org/software/flex Flex]
| Lexical analyzer
| Lexical analyzer
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| {{codeline|flex}}
| {{codeline|flex}}
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| [http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf Autoconf]
| [http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf Autoconf]
| Software configuration
| Software configuration
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| {{codeline|autoconf}}
| {{codeline|autoconf}}
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| [http://www.gnu.org/software/automake Automake]
| [http://www.gnu.org/software/automake Automake]
| Makefile generator
| Makefile generator
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| {{codeline|automake}}
| {{codeline|automake}}
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| [http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool Libtool]
| [http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool Libtool]
| Dependency of automake
| Dependency of automake
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| {{codeline|libtool}}
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| [http://www.netlib.org/blas BLAS]
| [http://www.netlib.org/blas BLAS]
| Basic Linear Algebra Subroutine library
| Basic Linear Algebra Subroutine library
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| {{codeline|libatlas-base-dev}}
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| [http://www.netlib.org/lapack LAPACK]
| [http://www.netlib.org/lapack LAPACK]
| Linear Algebra Package
| Linear Algebra Package
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| {{codeline|liblapack-dev}}
| {{codeline|liblapack-dev}}
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| [http://www.pcre.org PCRE]
| [http://www.pcre.org PCRE]
| Perl Compatible Regular Expression library
| Perl Compatible Regular Expression library
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| {{codeline|libpcre3-dev}}
| {{codeline|libpcre3-dev}}
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| [http://www.gnu.org/s/readline GNU Readline]
| [http://www.gnu.org/s/readline GNU Readline]
| Command-line editing library
| Command-line editing library
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| {{codeline|libreadline-dev}}
| {{codeline|libreadline-dev}}
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| [http://forge.scilab.org/index.php/p/arpack-ng ARPACK]
| [http://forge.scilab.org/index.php/p/arpack-ng ARPACK]
| Solution of large-scale eigenvalue problems  
| Solution of large-scale eigenvalue problems
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| {{codeline|libarpack2-dev}}
| {{codeline|libarpack2-dev}}
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| [http://curl.haxx.se cURL]
| [http://curl.haxx.se cURL]
| Library for transferring data with URL syntax
| Library for transferring data with URL syntax
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| {{codeline|curl}}
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| [http://www.fftw.org FFTW3]
| [http://www.fftw.org FFTW3]
| Library for computing discrete Fourier transforms
| Library for computing discrete Fourier transforms
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| {{codeline|libfftw3-dev}}
| {{codeline|libfftw3-dev}}
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| [http://www.fltk.org FLTK]
| [http://www.fltk.org FLTK]
| Portable GUI toolkit
| Portable GUI toolkit
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| {{codeline|libfltk1.3-dev}}
| {{codeline|libfltk1.3-dev}}
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| [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig fontconfig]
| [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig fontconfig]
| Library for configuring and customizing font access  
| Library for configuring and customizing font access
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| {{codeline|fontconfig}}
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| [http://www.freetype.org FreeType]
| [http://www.freetype.org FreeType]
| Portable font engine
| Portable font engine
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| {{codeline|libfreetype6-dev}}
| {{codeline|libfreetype6-dev}}
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| [http://www.gnu.org/software/glpk GLPK]
| [http://www.gnu.org/software/glpk GLPK]
| GNU Linear Programming Kit
| GNU Linear Programming Kit
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| [http://www.gnuplot.info gnuplot]
| [http://www.gnuplot.info gnuplot]
| Interactive graphics program
| Interactive graphics program
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| {{codeline|gnuplot}}
| {{codeline|gnuplot}}
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| [http://www.graphicsmagick.org GraphicsMagick++]
| [http://www.graphicsmagick.org GraphicsMagick++]
| Image processing library
| Image processing library
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| {{codeline|libgraphicsmagick++1-dev}}
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| [http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5 HDF5]
| [http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5 HDF5]
| Library for manipulating portable data files
| Library for manipulating portable data files
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| [http://www.opengl.org OpenGL]
| [http://www.opengl.org OpenGL]
| API for portable 2D and 3D graphics
| API for portable 2D and 3D graphics
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| none
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| [http://www.qhull.org Qhull]
| [http://www.qhull.org Qhull]
| Computational geometry library
| Computational geometry library
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| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/qrupdate QRUPDATE]
| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/qrupdate QRUPDATE]
| QR factorization updating library
| QR factorization updating library
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| [http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/SuiteSparse SuiteSparse]
| [http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/SuiteSparse SuiteSparse]
| Sparse matrix factorization library
| Sparse matrix factorization library
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| {{codeline|libsuitesparse-dev}}
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| [http://zlib.net zlib]
| [http://zlib.net zlib]
| Data compression library
| Data compression library
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| {{codeline|zlib1g-dev}}
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Revision as of 07:00, 19 December 2013

General information about building the Octave source for different operating systems.

We try to keep build instructions up to date in the source tree. Please clone using Mercurial or download it to see the README.

There are also instructions in the manual.

Dependencies

Critical  
Recommended  
Not critical  
Task Name Usage Version Debian Level Recent CVE ?
Build tools C++, C, and Fortran compilers Compiling the source code build-essential   none
GNU Make Makefile processor make   none
AWK, sed, and other Unix utilities Miscellaneous tasks awk, sed, ...   none
Bison Parser generator bison   none
Flex Lexical analyzer flex   none
Autoconf Software configuration autoconf   none
Automake Makefile generator automake   none
Libtool Dependency of automake libtool   none
External tools BLAS Basic Linear Algebra Subroutine library libatlas-base-dev   none
LAPACK Linear Algebra Package liblapack-dev   none
PCRE Perl Compatible Regular Expression library libpcre3-dev   none
GNU Readline Command-line editing library libreadline-dev   none
ARPACK Solution of large-scale eigenvalue problems libarpack2-dev   none
cURL Library for transferring data with URL syntax curl   CVE-2013-4545
FFTW3 Library for computing discrete Fourier transforms libfftw3-dev   none
FLTK Portable GUI toolkit libfltk1.3-dev   none
fontconfig Library for configuring and customizing font access fontconfig   none
FreeType Portable font engine libfreetype6-dev   none
GLPK GNU Linear Programming Kit libglpk-dev   none
gnuplot Interactive graphics program gnuplot   none
GraphicsMagick++ Image processing library libgraphicsmagick++1-dev   CVE-2013-4589
HDF5 Library for manipulating portable data files libhdf5-dev   none
OpenGL API for portable 2D and 3D graphics libgl-dev   none
Qhull Computational geometry library libqhull-dev   none
QRUPDATE QR factorization updating library libqrupdate-dev   none
SuiteSparse Sparse matrix factorization library libsuitesparse-dev   none
zlib Data compression library zlib1g-dev   none


Security concerns

  • CVE-2013-4545 (cURL): solved by version 7.34.00. Upgrade dependencies.
  • CVE-2013-4589 (graphicsmagick): the actual version (1.3.18, released March 9th, 2013), is affected. Awaiting a new release.
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