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1 This directory contains the source for Octave, a high-level interactive
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2 language for solving numerical problems. See the files README.octave
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3 and Announce for more general information, and the file NEWS for a
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4 list of recent changes.
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6 Binary distributions:
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7 --------------------
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9 Octave binaries are not distributed from this site.
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11 Packaged versions of Octave for various GNU/Linux systems are available
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12 with the major GNU/Linux distributions (Debian, Red Hat, SuSE, etc.).
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14 Binary distributions of Octave for Mac OS X are available as part of
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15 the fink project: http://fink.sourceforge.net
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17 The file README.Windows provides instructions for installing Octave on
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18 Windows systems.
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20 A note about .gz files:
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23 Files with names ending in `.gz' have been compressed with `gzip'.
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25 Unlike the compress utility, gzip is free of any known software
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26 patents and tends to compress better anyway. Gzip can uncompress
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27 `compress'-compressed files too, so you can install it as "uncompress"
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28 and use it to handle both types of files.
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30 The gzip program is available in the directory /pub/gnu in shar, tar,
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31 or gzipped tar format (for those who already have a prior version of
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32 gzip and want faster data transmission). It works on virtually every
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33 unix system, MSDOS, OS/2, and VMS.
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