Ubuntu – How to install the latest version of GNU Octave

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Yet again I am to turn to this wonderful resource available to me and ask, how do I install the latest version of GNU Octave (not Octave 3.2.4 — the one available in the software centre)?

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For octave 3.6.1

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:picaso/octave
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install octave

Yes you can get octave-3.6.3 , open your terminal and paste this

wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-3.6.3.tar.bz2
tar -xvf octave-3.6.3.tar.bz2
cd octave-3.6.3
./configure
 make
 sudo make install

Hope that helps :D

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Ubuntu – How to install the latest Octave

This PPA should solve your problem, provided you are running the latest 12.04.

Open Terminal Ctrl-Alt-T and type:

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:picaso/octave
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install octave
sudo apt-get install liboctave-dev

Ubuntu – How to fix the package problem I have received after a failed attempt at installing QtOctave

Be careful, this can damage your installation!

Find the package which is not properly installed and copy or remember the name of the package:

sudo dpkg --list | grep octave

Try to remove it (maybe some errors):

sudo dpkg --remove <package>

Try to purge

sudo dpkg --purge <package>

Try to do sudo apt-get -f install again.

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