Re: Unable to update Octave version in Lubuntu 16?

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

----- Original Message -----
>From: Rick T 
>To: IMacaulay  
>Cc: address@hidden
>Date: 2017/4/6, Thu 23:46
>Subject: Re: Unable to update Octave version in Lubuntu 16?
>On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 8:18 AM, IMacaulay <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>I see that the most recent version is showing as 4.2.1, but when I
>>have tried to update using
>>
>>> sudo apt-get install octave
>>
>>I get
>>
>>  octave is already the newest version (4.0.2-1ubuntu5~octave~ xenial1).
>>
>>Any suggestions for updating my Octave, please?  My system is Lubuntu
>>16.04.2 LTS (kernel is Linux 4.4.0-72-generic (x86_64)).
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
> 
>
>That's the most stable release for your version.  If you want a more recent 
>version you will have to compile it on your own machine.   A snap version or 
>Appimage would be nice but none have been create that I know of.
>
>


As Rick suggested, you have to build from source.

https://www.scivision.co/compiling-octave-4-on-ubuntu/


may be helpful.

Tatsuro