Octave 4.2 or later on debian (was Re: Print with gnuplot)

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

>>>>
>>>>I use in windows, at work, octave 4.4, I try with - dpdflatexstandalone 
>>>>instead of - dpdf, and in Windows work perfectly. Then, I try again at home 
>>>>with my pc, octave 4.0.3 running on debian stretch, the same code, but it 
>>>>didn't work. The graph is not complete and with wrong proportions, and 
>>>>paperposition work in wrong mode, with the first digit that move vertically 
>>>>instead of horizontally. Why in Windows works, but in debian not?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thank you 
>>>>>
>>>>>Il 30 maggio 2018 18:03:42 CEST, Pantxo <address@hidden> ha 
>>>>>scritto:pironman wrote
>>>>>Hi to everyone.
>>>>>I'm trying to print a graph with some greek letters. To do that, I
>>>>>activate
>>>>>the "graphics_toolkit gnuplot".
>>>>>In that graph there is a grid, with the
octave anteprime I see this grid
>>>>>dashed, but the printed pdf is a continue line. Can I make it dashed, and
>>>>>thinner?
>>>>>Another question: this happen with windows 7. I try the same code in
>>>>>another
>>>>>pc, with Debian Stretch, and in this case I have the line in the graph
>>>>>purple, also if i set "color","black", why?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thank you
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Sent from:
>>>>>http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Octave-General-f1599825.html
>>>>>
>>>>>What version of Octave are you using? Since Octave 4.2, OpenGL based 
>>>>>tookits
>>>>>(qt and fltk) are able to print greek letters (even though the support for
>>>>>printed strings with "tex" interpreter should be better in Octave 4.4). I
>>>>>don't know if it will solve your problems but printing from OpenGL based
>>>>>toolkits is generally more WYSIWYG (but also has its own
quirks).
>>>>>
>>>>>Sorry for the non response, I don't use gnuplot.
>>>>>
>>>>>Pantxo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Windows or not is not related. graphics toolkit gnuplot is buggy on octave 
>>>>>4.0.x.
>>>>As far as I remember, the bugs were fixed in octave 4.2.
>>>>
>>>>Tatsuro
>>>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: Mattia Piron
>>>To: Tatsuro MATSUOKA ; "help-octav; Pantxo Date: 2018/5/31, Thu 22:43
>>>Subject: Re: Print with gnuplot
>>> 
>>>
>>>Thank you! But, how can I install octave 4.2 on debian? Because the stable 
>>>release is 4.0.
>>>Thanks


>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA <address@hidden>
>>To: Mattia Piron <address@hidden>; "address@hidden" <address@hidden>; Pantxo 
>><address@hidden> 
>>Date: 2018/6/1, Fri 07:57
>>Subject: Re: Print with gnuplot
>> 
>>
>>I have never use debian so that I cannot give you a solution.
>>Please re-post by the title like 
>>"Octave 4.2 or later on debian stable"
>>
>>
>>Tatsuro  


I only use ubuntu as linux distribution. Does anyone give information the 
recent octave on debian?|

Tatsuro