How to Install and Uninstall octave Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 11,2024

You can also install and uninstall the octave on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "octave" package

Please follow the guidance below to install octave on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "octave" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall octave on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the octave package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: octave
Version: 7.3.0-2
Installed-Size: 43112
Maintainer: Debian Octave Group
Architecture: amd64
Provides: octave-abi-57
Depends: libamd2 (>= 1:4.5.2), libarpack2 (>= 2.1), libblas3 | libblas.so.3, libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.35), libccolamd2 (>= 1:4.5.2), libcholmod3 (>= 1:4.5.2), libcolamd2 (>= 1:4.5.2), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libcxsparse3 (>= 1:4.5.2), libfftw3-double3 (>= 3.3.10), libfftw3-single3 (>= 3.3.10), libfltk-gl1.3 (>= 1.3.0), libfltk1.3 (>= 1.3.3), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.4.2), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.0), libgfortran5 (>= 8), libgl1, libgl2ps1.4 (>= 1.4.2+dfsg1), libglpk40 (>= 4.59), libglu1-mesa | libglu1, libgomp1 (>= 4.2.1), libgraphicsmagick++-q16-12 (>= 1.3.26-5~), libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 (>= 1.3.5), libhdf5-103-1, liblapack3 | liblapack.so.3, libpcre3, libportaudio2 (>= 19+svn20101113), libqhull-r8.0 (>= 2020.1), libqrupdate1 (>= 1.1.1), libqscintilla2-qt5-15 (>= 2.11.2), libqt5core5a (>= 5.15.1), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.14.1) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.14.1), libqt5help5 (>= 5.15.1), libqt5network5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5printsupport5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.15.1), libqt5xml5 (>= 5.0.2), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), libspqr2 (>= 1:5.12.0+dfsg), libstdc++6 (>= 12), libsuitesparseconfig5 (>= 1:5.0.0), libsundials-ida6 (>= 6.4.1+dfsg1), libsundials-sunlinsol3 (>= 6.4.1+dfsg1), libumfpack5 (>= 1:4.5.2), libx11-6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.11.dfsg), texinfo, octave-common (= 7.3.0-2)
Recommends: gnuplot-qt | gnuplot-x11 | gnuplot-nox, libopenblas0 | libatlas3-base, pstoedit, epstool, default-jre-headless, octave-doc
Suggests: octave-dev
Breaks: liboctave3v5, liboctave4, liboctave5, liboctave6, liboctave7, liboctave8, octave-nlopt (<< 2.6.1-8~)
Description: GNU Octave language for numerical computations
Description-md5: 0b698a784c8abd598a990058068ce427
Homepage: https://www.octave.org/
Tag: field::mathematics, field::medicine, implemented-in::TODO,
implemented-in::c++, implemented-in::fortran, interface::commandline,
interface::graphical, interface::shell, interface::x11, role::program,
science::calculation, science::modelling, science::plotting,
scope::application, suite::gnu, uitoolkit::qt, use::calculating,
x11::application
Section: math
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/octave/octave_7.3.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 10249536
MD5sum: 15060d562ca4be26bd476184fb7dea66
SHA256: 04a1536a0751ff0edf24850f2cdb0c1a921233cb8421d8479c31c308a369db6c