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== Compiling from source == | == Compiling from source == | ||
The only ''tricky | The ''only'' tricky part is to install the dependencies. Once that is solved, installing from source should be as easy as {{Codeline|./configure && make && make install}}. See the manual for the [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Running-Configure-and-Make.html configure options]. | ||
=== Install dependencies === | === Install dependencies === | ||
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Note that different Debian and Ubuntu versions may have slightly different package names but their differences should be pretty small, mostly limited to version numbers. | Note that different Debian and Ubuntu versions may have slightly different package names but their differences should be pretty small, mostly limited to version numbers. | ||
==== The easy way (but | ==== The easy way (but likely incorrect) ==== | ||
This approach is ''only'' suitable if you are building from source the ''same'' version that your Linux distribution already has packaged. | |||
The easy way to install ''most'' of the necessary dependencies is to {{Codeline|sudo apt-get build-dep octave}}. This will install all packages necessary to build and prepare a Debian package for the octave version available on your system repositories. However: | The easy way to install ''most'' of the necessary dependencies is to {{Codeline|sudo apt-get build-dep octave}}. This will install all packages necessary to build and prepare a Debian package for the octave version available on your system repositories. However: | ||
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==== The right way ==== | ==== The right way ==== | ||
The | The right way is to select and install all the dependencies as listed in the {{Path|INSTALL.OCTAVE}} file. The following are their package names in Debian repositories (they will have their own dependencies which your package manager will solve automatically). If you are building development versions, you'll require some more packages as listed on {{Path|etc/HACKING}} and {{Path|INSTALL}}. Many of them will already be installed on your system. Install the dependencies by typing | ||
sudo apt-get install | sudo apt-get install | ||