Octave for openSUSE
Octave packages
Octave binary packages are provided from OSS repository of all actual openSUSE versions. Octave can be installed with the help of YaST or zypper command
zypper install octave
If you want to use latest stable version of Octave, you can use science repository.
Adding science repository (<openSUSE verion> is your version of openSUSE, for example openSUSE_13.1):
zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science/<openSUSE version>/ Science zypper refresh
Installing Octave from science repository:
zypper install --from Science octave
Also you can use one click install for octave.
Octave Forge packages
Octave-Forge binary packages are provided from science repository. You can list all available packages by zypper command
zypper search octave-forge
Linear algebra libraries
openSUSE uses reference BLAS and LAPACK implementations by default, but ATLAS or OpenBLAS are usually much faster. You can switch it by update-alternatives mechanism:
/usr/sbin/update-alternatives --config libblas.so.3
/usr/sbin/update-alternatives --config liblapack.so.3
Example:
There are 4 choices for the alternative libblas.so.3 (providing /usr/lib64/libblas.so.3). Selection Path Priority Status ------------------------------------------------------------ * 0 /usr/lib64/libblas.so.3.4.2 50 auto mode 1 /usr/lib64/atlas/libsatlas.so.3 20 manual mode 2 /usr/lib64/atlas/libtatlas.so.3 20 manual mode 3 /usr/lib64/libblas.so.3.4.2 50 manual mode 4 /usr/lib64/libopenblasp.so.0 20 manual mode
See linear algebra libraries page at openSUSE wiki for more information.
Image export and import
GraphicsMagick++ library from openSUSE repositories was compiled with quantum depth 16 which limits reading and writing images to 16 bit. See more details on GraphicsMagick wiki page.
Bug reporting
You can report openSUSE specific bugs by pressing "Report Bug" button on OBS Octave page (SUSE bugzilla account required).