How To Install octave-missing-functions on Debian 12

Learn how to install octave-missing-functions on Debian 12 with this tutorial. octave-missing-functions is finds functions that are in Matlab but not in Octave

Introduction

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

What is octave-missing-functions

octave-missing-functions is:

This package finds functions that are in Matlab but not in Octave, a numerical calculation software. This package should just be interesting to those who are willing to implement the missing functions and provide them to the Octave project.

This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.

There are three methods to install octave-missing-functions 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-missing-functions 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-missing-functions using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install octave-missing-functions

Install octave-missing-functions Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install octave-missing-functions

Install octave-missing-functions 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-missing-functions using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install octave-missing-functions

How To Uninstall octave-missing-functions on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove octave-missing-functions

Uninstall octave-missing-functions And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-missing-functions

Remove octave-missing-functions Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-missing-functions

Remove octave-missing-functions configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-missing-functions

Dependencies

octave-missing-functions have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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