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:''This article is about using pre-built installers of Octave for Windows; for instructions about building it, see [[Windows Installer]].'' | :''This article is about using pre-built installers of Octave for Windows; for instructions about building it, see [[Windows Installer]].'' | ||
Windows installers are available for the latest version of Octave ({{Release}}, released on {{Release Date}}) from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/. Users are encouraged to use the latest version unless a specific feature or requirement warrants using an older version of the software. Version specific instructions and installation notes are provided below. | |||
Users are encouraged to use the latest version unless a specific feature or requirement | |||
=Installers for Microsoft Windows= | =Installers for Microsoft Windows= | ||
The easiest way to install GNU Octave on Microsoft Windows is by using [http://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave/ MXE] builds. For the current release, both 32-bit and 64-bit installers and zip archived packages (.zip and .7z formats) can be found at https:// | The easiest way to install GNU Octave on Microsoft Windows is by using [http://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave/ MXE] builds. For the current release, both 32-bit and 64-bit installers and zip archived packages (.zip and .7z formats) can be found at https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/. | ||
* For executable | * For executable installers: the user can simply run the downloaded file and follow the on-screen installation prompts. It is recommended that the installation path does not include spaces or non-ASCII characters. Shortcuts to the program will be created automatically. | ||
* For the 7z/zip archives: | * For the 7z/zip archives: | ||
# Extract the file content to a directory on the harddrive (such as {{Path|C:\Octave}}). Spaces or non-ASCII characters in the path are discouraged and may cause program errors. | # Extract the file content to a directory on the harddrive (such as {{Path|C:\Octave}}). Spaces or non-ASCII characters in the path are discouraged and may cause program errors. | ||
# Manually create a shortcut to the {{Path|octave | # Manually create a shortcut to the {{Path|octave.vbs}} file in the main installation directory. (Right-click on the file, select 'Create Shortcut', and move the new shortcut to your desired location.) | ||
# | # Run the {{Path|fc_update.bat}} file before running Octave to reduce plot delays due to the Windows font cache. | ||
* '''Note that for Octave 4.4.0, the shortcuts start the command line interface, not the graphical user interface, by default. The user needs to add <code>--force-gui</code> to any manual shortcuts to start Octave with the GUI. (Right-click on the shortcut, select Properties, and add <code>--force-gui</code> to the end of the Target field.) Octave 4.4.1+ reverted back to the previous behavior where graphical user interface runs by default.''' | |||
==Packages== | |||
A selection of pre-built, [[Octave Forge]] packages are prepared for all versions of the official release. If you installed Octave using the executable installer, you can confirm the package list by typing the command below at the Octave command prompt: | |||
A selection of pre-built, [[Octave Forge]] packages | |||
>> pkg list | >> pkg list | ||
The output | If instead you installed Octave from the .zip archive, you need first to rebuild the package list on your local machine. (The command above will produce a blank output and packages will be inaccessible before rebuilding.) Do this by typing the following command: | ||
>> pkg rebuild | >> pkg rebuild | ||
The package list should now be populated with the pre-installed packages. All packages can be updated to the latest version by running: | |||
All packages can be updated to the latest version by running: | |||
>> pkg update | >> pkg update | ||
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Other packages can be installed by running: | Other packages can be installed by running: | ||
>> pkg install -forge < | >> pkg install -forge <package name> | ||
To install a new or updated package version manually, the package file can be downloaded from the [https://octave.sourceforge.io/packages.php Octave Forge website] to the working directory and can be installed using: | To install a new or updated package version manually, the package file can be downloaded from the [https://octave.sourceforge.io/packages.php Octave Forge website] to the working directory and can be installed using: | ||
>> pkg install package_file_name.tar.gz | >> pkg install package_file_name.tar.gz | ||
Detailed instructions for installing individual Octave Forge packages are given at https://octave.sourceforge.io/packages.php. | Detailed instructions for installing individual Octave Forge packages are given at https://octave.sourceforge.io/packages.php. | ||
'''Note that a security related issue in Windows XP currently prevents Octave from retrieving packages from the website automatically. When running under that Operating System manual package installation is necessary.''' | |||
=GNU Octave 4.4.1 on [https://cygwin.com/ cygwin]= | |||
*'''Maintainer:''' Marco Atzeri | *'''Maintainer:''' Marco Atzeri | ||
*'''Latest release:''' | *'''Latest release:''' 2018-08-17 | ||
*Latest packages: | *Latest packages: | ||
:octave- | :octave-4.4.1-1 | ||
:Its announce on cygwin mailing list [https://cygwin.com/ | :Its announce on cygwin mailing list [https://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2018-08/msg00021.html] | ||
: | :Octave Forge packages have each a cygwin package. | ||
:Its announce on cygwin mailing list [https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2017-01/msg00078.html] | |||
: Full cygwin package list is available here [https://cygwin.com/packages/] | : Full cygwin package list is available here [https://cygwin.com/packages/] | ||
: At | : At 2017-04-06, 64 forge packages were available. | ||
*To install : | *To install : | ||
: run setup-x86_64.exe (for cygwin 64 bit) and select them in the Math category. | : run cygwin setup-x86.exe (for cygwin 32 bit) or setup-x86_64.exe (for cygwin 64 bit) and select them in the Math category. | ||
: All the package dependencies will be also installed. | : All the package dependencies will be also installed. | ||
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==Notes for cygwin== | ==Notes for cygwin== | ||
*When building from development source (default branch) | |||
: "make check" | |||
:passes almost all the tests. Only, and not substantial, failures are: | |||
:<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | |||
/pub/hg/octave/src/data.cc : 8 failures due to different handling of complex Inf on sort | |||
/pub/hg/octave/src/syscalls.cc: 1 failure on fork. This disappears when octave is installed | |||
/pub/hg/octave/scripts/sparse/svds.m: 1 failure due to test sensitivity on starting point. See | |||
https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/octave-maintainers/2011-September/024715.html | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
* To build GNU Octave from cygwin source package, you need to install "cygport" and the relevant development libraries | * To build GNU Octave from cygwin source package, you need to install "cygport" and the relevant development libraries | ||
:<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | :<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
tar -xf octave- | tar -xf octave-4.4.1-1-src.tar.xz | ||
cygport octave.cygport almostall | cygport octave.cygport almostall | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
:see | :see [https://cygwinports.github.io/cygport/ cygport documentation] for further info. | ||
=General info= | =General info= |