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The recommended way for installing Octave and Octave-Forge packages on GNU/Linux systems
= Distributions =
is via each distribution package installation system.


More detailed instructions follow.
The recommended way for installing Octave on GNU/Linux systems is via each distribution's package installation system. If this is for some reason not possible, or the available Octave version too old, consider using a [[#Distribution_independent|distribution independent]] approach described below or [[Building]] Octave from source.


=Debian and Debian-based (such as Ubuntu)=
== Arch Linux ==


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


Simply install Octave from your distribution repository
pacman -S octave


apt install octave
== Debian and Debian-based (such as Ubuntu) ==


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


There are also Debian packages for each of the Octave Forge packages, named {{codeline|octave-<pkg>}}, 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
apt install octave
 
  apt install liboctave-dev  # development files
  apt search octave-forge


=Fedora=
== Fedora ==


: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Red Hat Linux systems]]''


The packages can be installed using the dnf command, they are:
dnf install octave
dnf install octave-devel  # development files


*octave
== Gentoo ==
*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:
emerge --ask sci-mathematics/octave


    # dnf install octave
== openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise ==


=Gentoo=
: ''Main article: [[Octave for openSUSE]]''


Octave is available through Gentoo's package management system, Portage:
zypper install octave
zypper install octave-devel  # development files


    # emerge --sync
== Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS ==
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]]''
: ''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.
yum install epel-release
 
yum install octave
'''Method 1 - the quick way:'''
yum install octave-devel  # development files
 
    yum install epel-release
    yum install octave


'''Method 2 - if the above does not work:'''
If the above does not work, 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.


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,
== Slackware ==


    # wget <nowiki>http://url/to/latest/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm</nowiki>
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Slackware]]''
    # 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.
= Distribution independent =


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.
Using a distribution independent approach is particularly useful if you have an older GNU/Linux distribution or if you do not have root access on your system. A common drawback of this approach is, that these solutions are running in some kind of sandbox. Thus limitations in the communication with the underlying system may exist. For example, executing system binaries outside the sandbox might be impossible.


=SUSE Linux and openSUSE=
== Docker ==


: ''Main article: [[Octave for openSUSE]]''
* More info: https://hub.docker.com/r/mtmiller/octave
* Development: https://gitlab.com/mtmiller/docker-octave


Binary packages for Octave are provided by all versions of openSUSE. It can be installed by command:
docker pull mtmiller/octave


zypper in octave
== Flatpak ==


Latest stable version of Octave and Octave-Forge are available on Science repository. For details see [[openSUSE]] specific wiki page.
* More info: https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.octave.Octave
 
* Development: https://github.com/flathub/org.octave.Octave
=Arch Linux=
 
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Arch Linux]]''


Updated Octave's version is in the extra repository. It can be installed by typing:
flatpak install flathub org.octave.Octave


    # pacman -S octave
== Guix ==


=Homebrew on Linux=
* More info: https://guix.gnu.org/packages/octave-5.1.0/
<div id="Linuxbrew" />


Octave is provided by the [https://brew.sh/ Homebrew] package manager, which is a cross-distribution packaging system. "Homebrew on Linux" was formerly a fork known as Linuxbrew. It is possible to install the current release of Octave or the development version and any needed dependencies within your home directory. This is particularly useful if you have an older GNU/Linux distribution or if you do not have root access.
== Homebrew on Linux ==
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Homebrew can be installed with the command:
"Homebrew on Linux" was formerly a fork known as Linuxbrew. It is possible to install the current release of Octave or the development version and any needed dependencies within your home directory.


    sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Linuxbrew/install/master/install.sh)"
* More info: https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-on-Linux
* Development: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/octave


It can be added to your shell environment and future login environments with:
brew install octave


    test -d ~/.linuxbrew && eval $(~/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)
== MXE ==
    test -d /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew && eval $(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)
    test -r ~/.bash_profile && echo "eval \$($(brew --prefix)/bin/brew shellenv)" >>~/.bash_profile
    echo "eval \$($(brew --prefix)/bin/brew shellenv)" >>~/.profile


Once set up, Octave can be installed with the command:
* More info: [[MXE]]
* Development: https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave


    brew install octave
== Snap ==


=Docker=
* More info: https://snapcraft.io/octave
* Development: https://github.com/octave-snap/octave-snap


Octave is available as a Docker container. This can be used to easily run Octave in a well-defined, minimal GNU/Linux container. It can be used as a standard interactive Octave shell or to run scripts, but it may be mostly of interest to developers for use in automated build, test, or CI environments.
snap install octave --beta


    docker pull mtmiller/octave
= Building from source =
    docker run mtmiller/octave octave --version


The image is hosted at [https://hub.docker.com/r/mtmiller/octave mtmiller/octave on Docker Hub].
: ''Main article: [[Building]]''


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