OCTAVE Information

A FREE MATLAB look-alike named OCTAVE can be downloaded from http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html

Look for a link called Octave-Forge Files. This will down load & install Octave.
Many of the routines that have been designed for this course will run (except for graphics, GUI interfaces, and symbolic operators) in Octave.

In order to have a MATLAB mfile recognized in Octave you must place it in a folder in a location that Octave searches for command names. When you install Octave on your C: drive it will be placed in the program files in a folder as indicated next.

C:\Program Files\GNU Octave 2.1.73

(The version number may change from time to time as updates are released.)

The contents of this folder should appear similar to the following:

To create a folder for MATLAB files for this course so that you can run the MATLAB files in Octave, proceed as follows:

• Click on the usr folder

• Then click on the share folder

• Next click on the octave folder

• Next click on the 2.1.73 folder  (the number might be different if there has been an update)

• Finally click on the m folder

The current folder should be like C:\Program Files\GNU Octave 2.1.73\usr\share\octave\2.1.73\m\ . Now create a new folder; for example name it numanal. Click on numanal.

Next copy the mfiles into numanal .

REMEMBER: NOT EVERY MATLAB MFILE will execute completely in Octave. Many of the routines that have been designed for this course will run (except for graphics, GUI interfaces, and symbolic operators) in Octave. You will need to experiment with the MATLAB mfiles to see which ones will work completely.

Resources/INFORMATION about Octave

•     MATLAB/Octave introduction    <shows results of basic commands>
   

•     Octave introduction    <good overview>
   

•    Octave Manual    <very large pdf file>

DRH  last updated 8/25/06

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