Re: octave on linux Mint

[pantxo diribarne]

2012/7/20 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>

On 20 July 2012 08:09, pantxo diribarne <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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 don't know much about Linux Mint, but it's my understanding that the
Ubuntu repositories should be usable on Mint. If so, try to use these
Ubuntu PPAs for Octave before you attempt to build it from source:

http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Octave_for_GNU_Linux:_Binary_Octave_packages_for_GNU_Linux#Unofficial_binaries

- Jordi G. H.

 

Thank you all for your answers. 

I already tried the unofficial binary for ubuntu (cited by Jordi) and I can confirm it works on Mint-Cinamon but it's 3.6.1 and it does not feature all the OF packages I need.  

Now I have two alternatives:
 -  compile from sources and install packages using pkg (even though my experience on mac os x tells me not to).
-  switch to another distribution.

Any advice?

Pantxo