How To Install octave-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install octave-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. octave-doc is documentation of the GNU Octave language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-doc on Debian 12.

What is octave-doc

octave-doc is:

Octave is a (mostly MATLAB? compatible) high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command-line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically.

This package provides the following documentation in HTML, PDF and Info formats:

  • the main user manual
  • a document on the C++ classes used internally by Octave.

It also includes a reference card in PDF format and in a4, letter and legal paper sizes.

This package is required by the ‘help -i’ command at the Octave command-line and by the help documentation browser in the graphical interface.

There are three methods to install octave-doc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install octave-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install octave-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install octave-doc

Install octave-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install octave-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install octave-doc

Install octave-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install octave-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install octave-doc

How To Uninstall octave-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the octave-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove octave-doc

Uninstall octave-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall octave-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-doc

Remove octave-doc Configurations and Data

To remove octave-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-doc

Remove octave-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove octave-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-doc

Dependencies

octave-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.