2010-05-11 19:43:42 +02:00
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GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical
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computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for solving
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linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other numerical
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experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with Matlab. It may
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also be used as a batch-oriented language.
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2014-02-04 09:40:57 +01:00
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These optional dependencies will be used if found (see INSTALL.OCTAVE, in the
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Octave source, for a description of what each dependency offers):
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amd, camd, colamd, ccolamd, cholmod, umfpack, cxsparse, glpk, arpack-ng,
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qrupdate, qhull, hdf5, fltk, ftgl, gl2ps, jdk, GraphicsMagick.
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2014-01-12 08:41:59 +01:00
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Octave can use ImageMagick (part of Slackware) or GraphicsMagick (available
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from SBo) for some functionality. ImageMagick 6.8.6-10 from Slackware 14.1
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appears to be incompatible (build failure). Octave searches for
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GraphicsMagick by default, and previous versions of this script changed the
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default to ImageMagick to avoid the need for yet another dependency. If you
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need this functionality, or if Octave decides to compile against ImageMagick
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for some reason, try installing GraphicsMagick.
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If you have arpack installed and the configure script segfaults when trying to
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detect arpack, try switching to arpack-ng (which is partly maintained by
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Octave developers).
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