Octave
GNU Octave is a high-level interpreted language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides capabilities for the numerical solution of linear and nonlinear problems, and for performing other numerical experiments. It also provides extensive graphics capabilities for data visualization and manipulation. GNU Octave is normally used through its interactive interface (CLI and GUI), but it can also be used to write non-interactive programs. The GNU Octave language is quite similar to Matlab so that most programs are easily portable.
Requirements
No specific requirements are necessary, but to work fully functional, Octave requires the used platform to support the underlying numerical libraries like BLAS, LAPACK, SuiteSparse, etc., and for plotting OpenGL or gnuplot.
Instructions
Click on the ‘Download Software’ button to take you to Octave’s webpage where you’ll find the links to the different OS downloads, plus the source code. Please consult the wiki and the user manual if you require any help with installing or using the software.
Support and resources
On campus version
We currently run version 5.2.0 on campus