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Binary packages for Octave and many Octave-Forge packages are provided by all versions of Debian and Ubuntu. These are the most well-tested binaries available and should work best for most users.
Binary packages for Octave and many Octave-Forge packages are provided by all versions of Debian and Ubuntu. These are the most well-tested binaries available and should work best for most users.


The [https://launchpad.net/~octave GNU Octave Team] on Launchpad maintains a PPA providing binary packages of the latest stable version of Octave for all versions of Ubuntu. To set up your system to install these packages
The [https://launchpad.net/~octave GNU Octave Team] on Launchpad maintains a PPA providing binary packages of the latest stable and unstable versions of Octave for all versions of Ubuntu. To set up your system to install these packages


  sudo apt-add-repository ppa:octave/stable
  sudo apt-add-repository ppa:octave/stable
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:octave/unstable
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install octave
  sudo apt-get install octave