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Description
Octave is an open source alternative to MATLAB. It is typically less performant than MATLAB due to its lack of a just-in-time compiler, but it requires no licensing. It has fewer toolboxes / less functionality available than MATLAB, but is overall much simpler to set up and is great for back-of-the-napkin linear algebra calculations.
Self-Service Version Installation/Updates
Specific versions of Octave can be installed by using Conda on your Cortex VM. To do so, first search conda-forge to see what versions of Octave are available:
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| Date | Linux Distribution | Version |
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| 2020/07/27 | CentOS 7 | 3.8.2 |
| 2020/07/27 | CentOS 8 | 5.2.0 |
| 2020/07/27 | Debian 9 | 4.0.3 |
| 2020/07/27 | Debian 10 | 4.4.1 |
| 2020/07/27 | Ubuntu 18.04 | 4.2.2 |