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Octave is available through Gentoo's package management system, Portage:
Octave is available through Gentoo's package management system, Portage:


    # emerge --sync
emerge --ask sci-mathematics/octave
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=
=Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS=