Octave for GNU/Linux: Difference between revisions

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: ''Main article: [[Octave for Debian systems]]''
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Debian systems]]''


Simply install Octave from your distribution repository:
Simply install Octave from your distribution repository


  apt-get install octave
  apt 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.
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:
There are also Debian packages for each of the Octave Forge packages, named {{codeline|octave<pkgname>}}, for example {{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\(octave-forge\)
  apt search octave-forge


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