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GNU Octave

GNU Octave has a powerful mathematics-oriented syntax with built-in 2D/3D plotting and visualization tools It provides a convenient command line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with Matlab. The octave bundle packages version 8.3.0.

UFS HPC Usage Example

The following command can be executed in the terminal to load the bundle:

module load octave
GNU Octave can be run as shown below:
octave
octave-cli
The octave_shell commmand can be used to access a shell in the octave bundle.
octave_shell

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Official site and documentation

Licensing Information

GNU Octave is licensed under the GPLv3 license.

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