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Re: octave on linux Mint
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Juan Pablo Carbajal |
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Re: octave on linux Mint |
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Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:13:41 +0200 |
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 2:09 PM, pantxo diribarne
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> Hello,
>
> I installed linux Mint13 (Cinamon/Mate) on a brand new workstation and want
> to install latest Octave release. I saw that it was supposed to be available
> on this platform
> (http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Octave_for_GNU/Linux), but I
> couldn't figure out the way to install it. I tried to install through the
> application manager.
>
> Should I install Debian edition?
> Should I add a particular ppa/repository to synaptic?
>
> Pantxo
>
> PS : I am new to linux but have basic knowledge on unix systems.
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>
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Did you try compiling form source?
It should be pretty straight forward in Mint, since they use the
Ubuntu packages.
Make sure you have build-essentials installed and then do
apt-get build-dep octave
More info here
http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Installation.html
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M. Sc. Juan Pablo Carbajal
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PhD Student
University of Zürich
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