#1 2017-05-29 20:06:51

grenouille

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[SOLVED] running octave

Hello.I've installed octave 3.8.2 via synaptic manager but I have problem running it.I can properly run it on terminal but I want to use the GUI.I tried to open "octave" via "run program" but nothing happened even though I didn't get any error.Any suggestions?

Last edited by damo (2017-05-29 20:41:43)

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Re: [SOLVED] running octave

Octave is a commandline utility, so using the run box won't do anything, unless you use a command to run a terminal and pass the octave command.

Did you install a  gui? AFAICS  the only package might be octave-zenity.

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grenouille

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Re: [SOLVED] running octave

Thanks for the instant reply mate!Nop, just installed the octave from synaptic.I'm pretty sure I used octave with a gui on another distro.I installed zenity but not sure how it works.

grenouille

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Re: [SOLVED] running octave

octave --force-gui

did the trick!

Thanks for the reply.

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Re: [SOLVED] running octave

OK

I'm marking this as solved (you can do this yourself next time by editing the title of your first post )

Also moving to Gui & Applications.

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Re: [SOLVED] running octave

Believe Octave 4.0 and later uses the GUI as default when you start it.

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