Following the nice instructions found it here <- http://verahill.blogspot.mx/2012/02/debian-testing-wheezy-64-compiling.html , I have successfully installed Octave 3.6.1 in Squeeze (I had to rename some packages names to fit with the Squeeze packages).
FIRST STEP: Install the required libraries and dependencies.
SECOND STEP: Download Octave and extract it.
THIRD STEP: Compile it.
where 3 is the number of cores +1 (for me 2 cores)
FOURTH STEP: Validate the compiled version:
FIFTH STEP: Install Octave
That's all. Thanks to Lindqvist - a blog about Linux and Science. Mostly.
Benjamin
FIRST STEP: Install the required libraries and dependencies.
sudo apt-get install gfortran build-essential
sudo apt-get install libqhull-dev libpcre++-dev libblas-dev liblapack-dev libreadline-dev
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev
sudo apt-get install libfltk1.1-dev
sudo apt-get install libgraphicsmagick++-dev
sudo apt-get install libhdf5-serial-dev
sudo apt-get install libqrupdate-dev
sudo apt-get install libsuitesparse-dev
sudo apt-get install glpk gperf flex bison libfontconfig1-dev
SECOND STEP: Download Octave and extract it.
wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-3.6.1.tar.gz
tar -xvf octave-3.6.1.tar.gz
THIRD STEP: Compile it.
cd octave-3.6.1/
./configure
make -j3
where 3 is the number of cores +1 (for me 2 cores)
FOURTH STEP: Validate the compiled version:
make checkFIFTH STEP: Install Octave
sudo make installThat's all. Thanks to Lindqvist - a blog about Linux and Science. Mostly.
Benjamin
