Hi, This weekend I have compiled and installed GNU Octave 3.0.3 in my laptop that runs Debian GNU/Hurd os. All dependencies are supperted except the HDF5 files support. I don't know if someone have installed Octave in Hurd previously, but in my case was the first time. A Debian GNU/Hurd installation howto can be seen here: http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install
-- ***************************************** José Luis García Pallero address@hidden (o< / / \ V_/_ Use Debian GNU/Linux and enjoy! *****************************************