Octave for Debian systems: Difference between revisions

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Aside the {{codeline|octave}} package that installs GNU Octave, other pieces of it are split over multiple packages. These are {{codeline|octave-doc}}, {{codeline|octave-info}}, and {{codeline|octave-htmldoc}} for the documentation, {{codeline|liboctave-dev}} for the octave development library and required to install some Octave Forge packages, and {{codeline|octave-dbg}} for the debugging symbols.
Aside the {{codeline|octave}} package that installs GNU Octave, other pieces of it are split over multiple packages. These are {{codeline|octave-doc}}, {{codeline|octave-info}}, and {{codeline|octave-htmldoc}} for the documentation, {{codeline|liboctave-dev}} for the octave development library and required to install some Octave Forge packages, and {{codeline|octave-dbg}} for the debugging symbols.


For Debian stable users, there may also be newer packages available in backports, so don't forget to check there.


=== Octave's Personal Package Archive (PPA) ===
=== Octave's Personal Package Archive (PPA) ===