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## Source

The latest released version of Octave is always available from
[ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave](ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave).

If you are interested in working with the latest version of the
Octave sources, just clone the [Mercurial][1] development repository

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hg clone http://www.octave.org/hg/octave
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More information is given [here]({{ "contribute.html" | relative_url }}).

[1]: https://www.mercurial-scm.org



## GNU/Linux

Executable versions of Octave for GNU/Linux systems are provided
by the individual distributions.
Distributions known to package Octave include:
[Debian][2], [Ubuntu][3], [Fedora][4], [Gentoo][5], and [openSUSE][6].
These packages are created by volunteers.
The delay between an Octave source release and the availability
of a package for a particular GNU/Linux distribution varies.
The Octave project has no control over that process.

[2]: https://packages.debian.org/octave
[3]: http://packages.ubuntu.com/octave
[4]: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/octave
[5]: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sci-mathematics/octave
[6]: https://en.opensuse.org/Octave



## Mac

The Wiki has some instructions for
[installing Octave on OS X systems][7].

[7]: http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X



## BSD

Executable versions of Octave for BSD systems are provided
by the individual distributions.
Both <a href="http://freebsd.org">FreeBSD</a>
and <a href="http://openbsd.org">OpenBSD</a> have Octave
packages.  These packages are created by volunteers.  The delay
between an Octave source release and the availability of a package
for a particular GNU/Linux distribution varies.  The Octave
project has no control over that process.


# Windows

Windows binaries with corresponding source code can be downloaded from
[https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/](https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/).