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=Debian and Debian-based (such as Ubuntu)=
=Debian and Debian-based (such as Ubuntu)=
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Debian systems]]''


Simply install Octave from your distribution repository:
Simply install Octave from your distribution repository:
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=Fedora=
=Fedora=
The packages can be installed using the yum command, they are:
 
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''
 
The packages can be installed using the dnf command, they are:


*octave
*octave
*octave-devel
*octave-devel
*octave-forge


{{Codeline|octave-forge}} is recommended to all users, as it provides many extra functions. {{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}} and {{Codeline|octave-forge}} can be installed with the command:
{{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:


     # yum install octave-forge
     # dnf install octave


By default, yum will most likely install blas and lapack as your matrix math libraries, but ATLAS is usually much faster. If you want to install atlas with octave, use the command
=Gentoo=


    # yum install octave-forge atlas
Octave is available through Gentoo's package management system, Portage:


Note that if you are using an i386-compatible processor the base atlas package is not optimized for newer hardware. If you have newer hardware, you can get even better performance with the atlas-3dnow (AMD K6 processors), atlas-sse (Pentium III or newer), or atlas-sse2 (Pentium 4 or newer).
    # 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.


=Gentoo=
Before installing any Octave-Forge package, in Octave command prompt you must type
Octave is available through Gentoo's package management system, Portage:
pkg -forge list
and then install your favourite packages. Typically, you have to start with
pkg install -forge general


    # emerge sync
=Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS=
    # emerge octave
    # emerge octave-forge (optional)


=Red Hat Enterprise=
: ''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.
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,
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,
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Once the EPEL repository has been enabled, you can follow the rest of the [[#Fedora|instructions for Fedora]] to install Octave using yum.
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.
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.


=Red Hat=
=SUSE Linux and openSUSE=
 
GNU Octave is included with Red Hat. If you are still using an old version of Red Hat and want a newer version of GNU Octave, your best options are to consider updating your distribution to a recent Fedora release or compile octave from source.


Note that RH 7.x distributions (as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1) have included an old version of GCC (pre 3.x). It is known that GCC 2.96 (included in RH7.3) can compile GNU Octave (as of version 2.1.57), but the resulting binary will be bad. Red Hat made available RPMs for GCC 3.1-5 through http://rhn.redhat.com (those RPMs may be available on other RPM repositories).
: ''Main article: [[Octave for openSUSE]]''


=SUSE Linux and openSUSE=
Binary packages for Octave are provided by all versions of openSUSE. It can be installed by command:
Binary packages for Octave are provided by all versions of openSUSE. It can be installed by command:


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=Arch Linux=
=Arch Linux=
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Arch Linux]]''


Updated Octave's version is in the extra repository. It can be installed by typing:
Updated Octave's version is in the extra repository. It can be installed by typing:
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