How to Install and Uninstall octave Package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "octave" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install octave on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall octave on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                octave
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the octave package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Package: octave
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.4.0-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/math
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Octave Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 35562
Provides: octave-abi-56
Depends: libamd2 (>= 1:4.5.2), libarpack2 (>= 2.1), libblas3 | libblas.so.3, libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), 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 (>= 3.3.5), libfftw3-single3 (>= 3.3.5), 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), libqhull8.0 (>= 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), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libsuitesparseconfig5 (>= 1:5.0.0), libsundials-ida4 (>= 5.8.0+dfsg), libsundials-sunlinsol2 (>= 5.8.0+dfsg), libumfpack5 (>= 1:4.5.2), libx11-6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.2), texinfo, octave-common (= 6.4.0-2)
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~)
Filename: pool/universe/o/octave/octave_6.4.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 9330454
MD5sum: 782b7f43ad09a8175987e63bb8617b37
SHA1: 0968a11fe89cd0e2bc4066b05634b5cd10bc7d43
SHA256: ec9346909547e93914659772ece1c475b623b73d212ddb80317ec64477d5c48a
SHA512: eb43bf348ed6133cbb8d79062603138028f1aeda04af50ecde9d6180dd2fc2361461b06e5a6afb0972372b36022b13d8c61ab1d67f269c1acf4a2cd036973169
Homepage: https://www.octave.org/
Description: GNU Octave language for numerical computations
Description-md5: 0b698a784c8abd598a990058068ce427