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Run GNU Octave on Windows

Run GNU Octave on Windows

This tutorial will teach us to run GNU Octave software on Windows. To Run Octave, double-click on the desktop shortcut icons. Octave installs two desktop shortcuts.

  • Octave CLI(Command Line Interface)
  • Octave GUI(Graphical User Interface)

 

Octave Desktop Shortcuts CLI and GUI

Check the Run GNU Octave option to launch Octave for the first time after installation. This will launch the Octave GUI.

Octave CLI

Double-click on the Octave CLI to run the Octave command-line interface.

GNU Octave CLI Window

Octave GUI

Double-click on the Octave GUI to run the Octave GUI interface.

GNU Octave GUI Window

Command Prompt

We can run Octave from the command prompt. Open the command prompt window and change the directory to the Octave install folder.

Type the octave command to run the Octave software.

\> octave

 

Run Octave from Command Prompt

That’s it. This will launch the Octave GUI window.

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Octave Tutorials

GNU Octave Tutorials on this website can be found at: