Compile & Intall Octave 5.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

Compile & Install Octave 5.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

在Ubuntu 18.04上编译安装Octave 5.1.0

Install

# switch to root
sudo su
# install dependencies
apt install -y bison byacc curl default-jdk epstool fftw3 fftw3-dev flex g++ gawk gfortran gfortran gnuplot gperf gperf icoutils icoutils lbzip2 libarpack2-dev libatlas-base-dev libbison-dev libblas-dev libbz2-dev libcurl-openssl-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libfftw3-dev libfreeimage-dev libgl2ps-dev libglpk-dev libglpk-dev libgraphicsmagick++1-dev libhdf5-dev libhdf5-dev liblapack-dev liblapack-dev libncurses-dev libosmesa6-dev libpcre3 libpcre3-dev libportaudio2 libqhull-dev libqscintilla2-qt5-dev libreadline-dev libreadline7 librsvg2-bin librsvg2-dev libsndfile-dev libsndfile1-dev libxft-dev llvm-dev make portaudio19-dev qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools texi2html texinfo transfig libfltk1.3 libfltk1.3-dev

# download Octave 5.1.0 source
wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-5.1.0.tar.gz
# Uncompress source
tar xf octave-5.1.0.tar.gz
cd octave-5.1.0
mkdir /opt/octave51
# compile and install
./configure --prefix=/opt/octave51
make
make install

Start

# command line
octave

# GUI
octave --gui
# or
octave --force-gui