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is via each distribution package installation system.
is via each distribution package installation system.


Here is a list of the latest Octave version available in some Linux distributions
More detailed instructions follow.


* Debian Mint 13, has Octave 3.6.2 as of June 28 2012
=Debian and Debian-based (such as Ubuntu)=
* Zenwalk GNU Linux, Snapshot Version, has Octave 3.6.2 as of June 28 2012
 
* Fedora 17, has Octave 3.6.2 as of June 28 2012
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Debian systems]]''
* openSUSE 11.4 and 12.1, has Octave 3.6.2 (Science repository) as of June 28 2012
 
Simply install Octave from your distribution repository:
 
apt-get install octave
 
For old versions of Ubuntu that only supply old versions of Octave, consider using Octave's PPA. For more details, see the [[Debian]] specific instructions page.
 
There are also Debian packages for each of the Octave-Forge packages, usually named {{codeline|octave<pkgname>}}, e.g, {{codeline|octave-image}} and {{codeline|octave-statistics}} for the image processing and statistics package respectively. A complete list of them can be found with the command:
 
aptitude search ?description\(octave-forge\)
 
=Fedora=
 
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''
 
The packages can be installed using the dnf command, they are:
 
*octave
*octave-devel
 
{{Codeline|octave-devel}} contains the octave headers and {{Path|mkoctfile}} script and is really only needed by users who are developing code that is to be dynamically linked to octave. {{Codeline|octave}} can be installed with the command:
 
    # dnf install octave
 
=Gentoo=
 
Octave is available through Gentoo's package management system, Portage:
 
    # emerge --sync
Add USE flag 'curl' into your <code>/etc/portage/package.use</code> file to enable remote Octave-Forge packages fetching
sci-mathematics/octave curl
and emerge Octave
    # emerge octave
Since Octave ver. > 3.4.0 is able to fetch Octave-Forge packages from remote repository, packages ''octave-forge'' or ''g-octave'' are no more needed.
 
Before installing any Octave-Forge package, in Octave command prompt you must type
pkg -forge list
and then install your favourite packages. Typically, you have to start with
pkg install -forge general
 
=Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS=
 
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''
 
Octave is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions through the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL EPEL] repository. This section applies to CentOS, Scientific Linux, and other Red Hat Enterprise rebuild distributions as well.
 
'''Method 1 - the quick way:'''
 
    yum install epel-release
    yum install octave
 
'''Method 2 - if the above does not work:'''
 
First, follow [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F these instructions] to set up your system to install packages from EPEL. For example,
 
    # wget <nowiki>http://url/to/latest/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm</nowiki>
    # yum localinstall epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm
 
Once the EPEL repository has been enabled, you can follow the rest of the [[#Fedora|instructions for Fedora]] to install Octave using yum.
 
Note that EPEL intentionally does not follow new releases as closely as other distributions. Consequently, the version of Octave provided by EPEL may be several months or years out of date. There are plans for the Octave maintainers to provide support and binary RPMs for enterprise GNU/Linux distributions; contact the [mailto:maintainers@octave.org maintainers mailing list] for more information.
 
=SUSE Linux and openSUSE=
 
: ''Main article: [[Octave for openSUSE]]''
 
Binary packages for Octave are provided by all versions of openSUSE. It can be installed by command:
 
zypper in octave
 
Latest stable version of Octave and Octave-Forge are available on Science repository. For details see [[openSUSE]] specific wiki page.
 
=Arch Linux=
 
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Arch Linux]]''
 
Updated Octave's version is in the extra repository. It can be installed by typing:
 
    # pacman -S octave
 
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