Re: Launching Octave from the Terminal?!

[Thomas D. Dean]

On 04/28/16 00:56, Jefgeni wrote:
> Dear Sir or Madam,
>
> I am using Octave on a Linux (Ubuntu) operating system. Since I am new
> to Linux my following question might be trivial and possibly
> unnecessary. Still, I hope to get an answer from you.
>
> I started using octave on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS where I could launch Octave
> directly from the Terminal AND work in the very same Terminal, i.e., the
> terminal where I launched Octave was at the same time my workspace! At
> the same time also, I had the GUI which I could open if I pleased doing
> so. Now, I upgraded Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to the newly released stable
> version 16.04 LTS, and now, if I am typing "~$: octave" in the terminal
> the GUI opens, i.e., I cannot use the terminal as my workspace
> anymore. I have started missing this feature, and I was wondering
> whether I could retrieve this feature somehow by a corresponding change
> of the settings?

How did you upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04?
How do you start octave?

Try

  octave --no-gui

If that works, you can use an alias to select which octave you want, 
either with or without the gui.

Tom Dean