In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Octave Online which is an online web-based interactive environment dedicated to numerical computation, matrix manipulations, and data analysis using the open-source programming language Octave on your Void Linux system.
Before we start the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to install the required packages on your Void Linux system. Open the terminal and type the following commands:
sudo xbps-install -S curl unzip
This command will install curl and unzip packages on your system which are required to download and extract the Octave Online package.
After installing the required packages, download the Octave Online package by running the following command:
curl -L -o octave-online.zip https://github.com/octave-online/octave-online/archive/master.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded package using the following command:
unzip octave-online.zip
This command will extract the package files in the current directory.
Octave Online requires Node.js to run, so let's install Node.js on your system by following the below command:
sudo xbps-install nodejs
This command will install Node.js and its dependencies on your system.
Octave Online uses a number of packages to run the application, which can be installed through Octave package manager. Run the following command to launch Octave:
octave
Once launched, type the following command to install required packages:
pkg install -forge io database-io control image statistics
This command will install the necessary Octave packages to run Octave Online.
Now, launch the Octave Online package by running the following command:
cd octave-online-master
npm install
npm start
This command will first navigate you to the Octave Online directory and then install the required dependencies, and then start the application.
Octave Online is now installed on your Void Linux system. You can access it in your web browser by typing http://localhost:3000 in the address bar.
You will see the Octave Online welcome screen, and you can start using it to analyze data and perform numerical computations.
In this tutorial, we covered the steps to install Octave Online on Void Linux. You learned how to install required packages, download and extract the Octave Online package, install Node.js, install Octave packages, start the application, and finally access it from your web browser.
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