Octave for Arch Linux: Difference between revisions

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== Installing Octave ==
To simply install the latest stable release of GNU Octave on Arch Linux, just execute (as root):
To simply install the latest stable release of GNU Octave on Arch Linux, just execute (as root):


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Using [https://aur.archlinux.org/ AUR], one can install a development version of Octave, for example [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/octave-hg/?comments=all octave-hg].  If you encounter any problems during the build process, some problems and solutions are listed in the comments on AUR.  New dependencies are easy to extract from the PKGBUILD.
Using [https://aur.archlinux.org/ AUR], one can install a development version of Octave, for example [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/octave-hg/?comments=all octave-hg].  If you encounter any problems during the build process, some problems and solutions are listed in the comments on AUR.  New dependencies are easy to extract from the PKGBUILD.


== Building Octave ==
== Building Octave from source ==


: ''For general build instructions, see [[Building]].''
: ''For general build instructions, see [[Building]].''