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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. | 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. | ||
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Octave is available as a Docker container on [https://hub.docker.com/r/mtmiller/octave mtmiller/octave Docker Hub]. Using Docker, Octave can be run in a well-defined, minimal GNU/Linux container (sandbox). It can be used as a standard interactive Octave shell or to run scripts, but it may be mostly of interest to developers for use in automated build, test, or CI environments. | |||
docker pull mtmiller/octave | |||
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Revision as of 09:23, 23 October 2019
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.
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
Octave is available as a Docker container on mtmiller/octave Docker Hub. Using Docker, Octave can be run in a well-defined, minimal GNU/Linux container (sandbox). It can be used as a standard interactive Octave shell or to run scripts, but it may be mostly of interest to developers for use in automated build, test, or CI environments.
docker pull mtmiller/octave
Flatpak
- Main article: https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.octave.Octave
flatpak install flathub org.octave.Octave
Guix
- Main article: https://guix.gnu.org/packages/octave-5.1.0/
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.
Once Homebrew is installed, Octave can be installed with the command:
brew install octave
MXE
- Main article: MXE
Snapcraft
- Main article: https://snapcraft.io/octave
snap install octave --beta