Re: invoking octave from command line with ubuntu

[Steve Thompson]

Hi nikkos,

I have Ubuntu sitting in front of me too.

Let's say you wrote you Octave program and saved it as ~/test.m.
You should be able to find a terminal from the top pull down
windows: Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal.

At the command line, you can type:

  - cd                [to get to ~/, your home directory]
  - octave          [to start Octave]
  - test              [to run the Octave script, test.m]

Do you have Octave installed?  If not, type:

  - sudo apt-get update
  - sudo apt-get install octave

That synchronizes your computer to the Ubuntu repositories and
installs Octave.

Steve