How to Install Octave
GNU Octave is a numerically oriented high level mathematical programming language. It is useful for science, engineering and maths, and it is mostly compatible with matlab. [1]
Installation
The following is a list of the steps I followed to install Octave on the Maemo 5 SDK:
- Compile and Install Gnuplot
./configure make fakeroot make install
- Compile and Install f2c and libf2c
cd src/ make fakeroot make install cd ../libf2c make cp f2c.h /usr/include/ cp libf2c.a /usr/lib/
- Install fort77 script
cp fort77 /usr/bin
- Compile and Install GNU Octave
./configure F77=fort77 CXXFLAGS=-pthread FLIBS=-lf2c make fakeroot make install
The information used for installation can be found here:
Using gfortran or installing f2c and fort77
f2c / f77 Installation Instructions for Linux
References
[1]. Octave, http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/, Acessed 20/10/2009.