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.

Usage example¶

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

1	`module load octave`

GNU Octave can be run as shown below:

1 2	`octave octave-cli`

The octave_shell command can be used to access a shell in the octave bundle.

1	`octave_shell`

Performance notes¶

No performance notes available

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Benchmarks¶

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Community guides and tutorials¶

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Official site and documentation¶

Licensing information¶

GNU Octave is licensed under the GPLv3 license.

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