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layout: post
title:  "GNU Octave 5.1.0 Released"
date:   2019-03-01
categories: news release
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GNU Octave version 5.1.0 has been released and is now available for
[download][1].  An official [Windows binary installer][2] is available.
For [macOS][3] see the installation instructions in the wiki.

This major release improves compatibility with Matlab and contains many new
and improved functions.  A list of important user-visible changes is available
by selecting the [Release Notes][4] item in the News menu of the GUI or by
typing `news` at the Octave command prompt.

Thanks to the many people who contributed to this release!

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