How To Install octave-general on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-general on CentOS 7. octave-general is General tools for Octave, string dictionary, parallel computing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-general on CentOS 7.

What is octave-general

The Octave-forge General package provides functions for parallel computing, string dictionaries and other general utility functions.

We can use yum or dnf to install octave-general on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install octave-general.

Install octave-general on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install octave-general

Install octave-general on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install octave-general using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install octave-general

How To Uninstall octave-general on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove octave-general

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-general on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.