How to Install and Uninstall octave Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "octave" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install octave on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall octave on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: octave
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.2.2-1ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/math
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Octave Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4555
Depends: libamd2 (>= 1:4.5.2), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.14), libccolamd2 (>= 1:4.5.2), libcholmod3 (>= 1:4.5.2), libcolamd2 (>= 1:4.5.2), 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), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgl1, libglpk40 (>= 4.59), libglu1-mesa | libglu1, liboctave4 (= 4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libosmesa6 (>= 10.2~), libportaudio2 (>= 19+svn20101113), libqhull7, libqscintilla2-qt5-13 (>= 2.8.4), libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.0~beta), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.7.0), libqt5network5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5opengl5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5printsupport5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.6.0~beta), libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libsuitesparseconfig5 (>= 1:5.0.0), libx11-6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.2), texinfo, octave-common (= 4.2.2-1ubuntu1)
Recommends: gnuplot-qt | gnuplot-x11 | gnuplot-nox, libopenblas-base | libatlas3-base, pstoedit, epstool, default-jre-headless, octave-doc
Suggests: liboctave-dev
Breaks: liboctave3v5
Filename: pool/universe/o/octave/octave_4.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1583460
MD5sum: 9f93bcea9300e820f502414a790e070a
SHA1: a0a236ac72c6aba9dd376c2742c691cd91565a0f
SHA256: aa7e50445797055cbae67df1cfde4b6c9604f71c9811a5afb5cb5ed782c61bec
Homepage: https://www.octave.org/
Description: GNU Octave language for numerical computations
Description-md5: 5f06c708891ddbf651939abf93ab4c85