From: c. <address@hidden>
I installed octave using the command
sudo apt install octave
>sudo apt-get install octave-control
But how does not one obtain a list of all packages? Like with R for example?
>> it says to use command
> >
> >pkg install file.tar.gz
> >
> >but on linux mint, I see no command called pkg.
>that command must be
issued inside Octave.
I just tried it from inside octave, and it does not work:
octave:1> pkg install -forge
warning: file -forge does not exist
> Is there a way to install all of octave packages?
But How?
I did sudo apt install octave
Then using synaptic, I installed few more, one by one.
octave:3> pkg list
Package Name | Version | Installation directory
----------------+---------+-----------------------
control *| 1.0.11 | /usr/share/octave/packages/3.2/control-1.0.11
general *| 1.2.2 | /usr/share/octave/packages/3.2/general-1.2.2
gsl *| 1.0.8 | /usr/share/octave/packages/3.2/gsl-1.0.8
linear-algebra *| 2.0.0 |
/usr/share/octave/packages/3.2/linear-algebra-2.0.0
miscellaneous *| 1.0.11 | /usr/share/octave/packages/3.2/miscellaneous-1.0.11
odepkg *| 0.6.12 | /usr/share/octave/packages/3.2/odepkg-0.6.12
optim *| 1.0.16 | /usr/share/octave/packages/3.2/optim-1.0.16
plot *| 1.0.8 | /usr/share/octave/packages/3.2/plot-1.0.8
signal *| 1.0.11 | /usr/share/octave/packages/3.2/signal-1.0.11
specfun *| 1.0.9 | /usr/share/octave/packages/3.2/specfun-1.0.9
statistics *| 1.0.10 | /usr/share/octave/packages/3.2/statistics-1.0.10
strings *| 1.0.7 |
/usr/share/octave/packages/3.2/strings-1.0.7
struct *| 1.0.9 | /usr/share/octave/packages/3.2/struct-1.0.9
> Did you install ALL packages in the Debian distribution on your system?
I do not know how to install everything, since I do not know what is there.
>You defenitely do not need to install all packages,
>and actually you should avoid this as some of them
>are actually mutually exclusive.
But the package manager should take care of this?
>If your version of Octave is new enogh (>= 3.4) you can use the command
>pkg install -forge
my version is
octave:4> version
ans = 3.2.4
I am running latest linux mint, new just downloaded it, latest version of linux mint. And when I did apt install octave, that is what I get.
>to install forge packages without downloading them or,
equivalently, you can select all the packages you >need from inside synaptic.
I do not see octave-forge inside synaptic. May be linux mint does not have the latest octave?
thanks,
Robert