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=Debian-based (Ubuntu)= | =Debian and Debian-based (such as Ubuntu)= | ||
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Debian systems]]'' | |||
Simply install Octave from your distribution repository | |||
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. | |||
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 search octave-forge | |||
=Fedora= | =Fedora= | ||
The packages can be installed using the | |||
: ''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 | ||
{{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: | |||
# | # dnf install octave | ||
=Gentoo= | |||
Octave is available through Gentoo's package management system, Portage: | |||
# 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. | |||
Before installing any Octave-Forge package, in Octave command prompt you must type | |||
Octave | 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]]'' | |||
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 | 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. | ||
= | =SUSE Linux and openSUSE= | ||
: ''Main article: [[Octave for openSUSE]]'' | |||
Binary packages for Octave are provided by all versions of openSUSE. It can be installed by command: | |||
zypper in octave | |||
[ | Latest stable version of Octave and Octave-Forge are available on Science repository. For details see [[openSUSE]] specific wiki page. | ||
=Arch Linux= | |||
: ''Main article: [[Octave for Arch Linux]]'' | |||
Updated Octave's version is in the extra repository. It can be installed by typing: | |||
# pacman -S octave | |||
= | =Linuxbrew= | ||
Octave is provided by the [https://linuxbrew.sh/ Linuxbrew] package manager, which is a cross-distribution packaging system. 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 Linux distribution or if you do not have root access. Octave can be installed with the commands: | |||
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Linuxbrew/install/master/install.sh)" | |||
test -d ~/.linuxbrew && eval $(~/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv) | |||
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 | |||
brew install octave | |||
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