GNU Octave Portable 5.1.0 Release Notes

This release combines both 32-bit and 64-bit in a single PortableApps installer. Running the PortableApps Installer from a 32-bit machine will only install the 32-bit GNU Octave Portable. Running the PortableApps Installer from a 64-bit machine gives you the option to installer either 32-bit or 64-bit GNU Octave Portable. If you wish to install both 32-bit and 64-bit you will have to run the PortableApps installer twice from a 64-bit machine.

Packages

A selection of pre-built, octave-forge packages are prepared for all versions of the official release. You can confirm the package list by typing the command below at the Octave command prompt:

>> pkg list

Packages can be rebuilt by running

>> pkg rebuild

Packages can be updated by running

>> pkg update

Other packages can be installed by running

>> pkg install -forge <package name>

To install a new or updated package version manually, the package file can be downloaded from the Octave-Forge website to the working directory and can be installed using:

>> pkg install package_file_name.tar.gz

Detailed instructions for installing Octave-Forge packages are given at Octave-Forge

Complete list of installed packages.

Package Name         | Version | Installation directory
---------------------+---------+-----------------------
     communications  |   1.2.1 | share\octave\packages\communications-1.2.1
            control  |   3.1.0 | share\octave\packages\control-3.1.0
     data-smoothing  |   1.3.0 | share\octave\packages\data-smoothing-1.3.0
           database  |   2.4.3 | share\octave\packages\database-2.4.3
          dataframe  |   1.2.0 | share\octave\packages\dataframe-1.2.0
              dicom  |   0.2.1 | share\octave\packages\dicom-0.2.1
          financial  |   0.5.3 | share\octave\packages\financial-0.5.3
               fits  |   1.0.7 | share\octave\packages\fits-1.0.7
fuzzy-logic-toolkit  |   0.4.5 | share\octave\packages\fuzzy-logic-toolkit-0.4.5
                 ga  |  0.10.0 | share\octave\packages\ga-0.10.0
            general  |   2.1.0 | share\octave\packages\general-2.1.0
      generate_html  |   0.3.1 | share\octave\packages\generate_html-0.3.1
           geometry  |   3.0.0 | share\octave\packages\geometry-3.0.0
                gsl  |   2.1.1 | share\octave\packages\gsl-2.1.1
              image  |  2.10.0 | share\octave\packages\image-2.10.0
 instrument-control  |   0.3.1 | share\octave\packages\instrument-control-0.3.1
           interval  |   3.2.0 | share\octave\packages\interval-3.2.0
                 io  |  2.4.12 | share\octave\packages\io-2.4.12
     linear-algebra  |   2.2.2 | share\octave\packages\linear-algebra-2.2.2
               lssa  |   0.1.3 | share\octave\packages\lssa-0.1.3
              ltfat  |   2.3.1 | share\octave\packages\ltfat-2.3.1
            mapping  |   1.2.1 | share\octave\packages\mapping-1.2.1
      miscellaneous  |   1.2.1 | share\octave\packages\miscellaneous-1.2.1
                nan  |   3.1.4 | share\octave\packages\nan-3.1.4
             netcdf  |  1.0.12 | share\octave\packages\netcdf-1.0.12
              nurbs  |  1.3.13 | share\octave\packages\nurbs-1.3.13
                ocs  |   0.1.5 | share\octave\packages\ocs-0.1.5
             odepkg  |   0.8.5 | share\octave\packages\odepkg-0.8.5
              optim  |   1.5.3 | share\octave\packages\optim-1.5.3
        optiminterp  |   0.3.5 | share\octave\packages\optiminterp-0.3.5
         quaternion  |   2.4.0 | share\octave\packages\quaternion-2.4.0
           queueing  |   1.2.6 | share\octave\packages\queueing-1.2.6
             signal  |   1.4.0 | share\octave\packages\signal-1.4.0
            sockets  |   1.2.0 | share\octave\packages\sockets-1.2.0
          sparsersb  |   1.0.6 | share\octave\packages\sparsersb-1.0.6
            specfun  |   1.1.0 | share\octave\packages\specfun-1.1.0
            splines  |   1.3.2 | share\octave\packages\splines-1.3.2
         statistics  |   1.4.0 | share\octave\packages\statistics-1.4.0
                stk  |   2.5.1 | share\octave\packages\stk-2.5.1
            strings  |   1.2.0 | share\octave\packages\strings-1.2.0
             struct  |  1.0.15 | share\octave\packages\struct-1.0.15
             tisean  |   0.2.3 | share\octave\packages\tisean-0.2.3
                tsa  |   4.4.5 | share\octave\packages\tsa-4.4.5
              video  |   1.2.4 | share\octave\packages\video-1.2.4
            windows  |   1.3.0 | share\octave\packages\windows-1.3.0
             zeromq  |   1.3.0 | share\octave\packages\zeromq-1.3.0