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I want to install Octave on my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with apt-get. The problem is that the official repositories list only Octave 3.0 and Octave 3.2, whereas the latest Octave is Octave 3.6.

How do I update the repositories of apt-get to get Octave 3.6?

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possible duplicate of When will Octave 3.6.1 be available to be installed? – hhlp May 18 '12 at 9:22
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No, this is about installing it in 10.04 while your link is about 12.04-12.10. – izx May 18 '12 at 12:59

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The answer is quite simple. Go to the Octave downloads website and find the latest release of GNU Octave and download the .tar.gz file of it.

After this copy and paste the following terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) commands:

sudo apt-get build-dep octave
cd ~/Downloads
sudo mv octave-x.x.x.tar.gz ~
cd ~
tar xvf octave-x.x.x.tar.gz
cd octave-x.x.x
./configure
make
sudo make install

Where the 'x.x.x' refers to the version of GNU Octave you'd like to install, such as 3.6.3.

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This PPA should solve your problem, provided you are running the latest 12.04.

Open Terminal Ctrl-Alt-T and type:

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:picaso/octave
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install octave
sudo apt-get install liboctave-dev
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even after update the repositories are not showing octave 3.6. I am searching in both synaptic and apt-get – Osama Rao May 18 '12 at 9:47
What version of Ubuntu are you running? – izx May 18 '12 at 9:48
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS – Osama Rao May 18 '12 at 9:49
Repos in both answers are for 12.04 LTS only :(. Can you upgrade? – izx May 18 '12 at 9:52
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PPAs must usually be restricted to specific versions because they contain binaries which have been compiled on that specific version, for that specific version. – izx May 18 '12 at 9:59
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Just as an update: this PPA (maintained by a member of the Debian Octave Group) provides the latest Octave for a range of Ubuntu versions.

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