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Octave on Windows Pc

Developed By: Corbin Champion

License: Free

Rating: 4,2/5 - 1.358 votes

Last Updated: December 24, 2023

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	3.6.2-5+deb7u1-any-3
Size	399 KB
Release Date	July 24, 15
Category	Tools Apps
App Permissions: Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (6)]
What's New: Direct people to a new version of Octave com.gnuroot.octave . It will require you to install and setup GNURoot Debian. It will take up more storage, but... [see more]
Description from Developer: This is launches Octave for Android. Octave is like Matlab (trademark of Mathworks), but free (as in freedom) software. Not some similar program, but really Octave running native... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Octave and install on Windows PC. Octave is free Tools app, developed by Corbin Champion. Latest version of Octave is 3.6.2-5+deb7u1-any-3, was released on 2015-07-24 (updated on 2023-12-24). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000. Overall rating of Octave is 4,2. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1,358 users, 919 users had rated it 5*, 134 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Octave on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Octave on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Octave on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Octave using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "Octave" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Octave on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Octave" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 3.6.2-5+deb7u1-any-3.

Download Octave 3.6.2-5+deb7u1-any-3 on Windows PC – 399 KB

This is launches Octave for Android. Octave is like Matlab (trademark of Mathworks), but free (as in freedom) software. Not some similar program, but really Octave running natively.

The app is now free (as in $) to use, but a donation is appreciated to keep things going.

You are required to get the Octave Main Package (com.octave.main) to use this.
You are required to get the Octave Gnuplot Package (com.octave.gnuplot) to support plotting.
There are many additional packages (com.octave.*) for use.

This is a different sort of app. Unpacking the executable and other files necessary for Octave to run will take awhile when you install or upgrade this, but will be worth it. Whether this is installed to the sdcard or to internal storage, the executables and libraries will take up around 100MB of internal storage either way.

You can add .m files and a .octaverc startup file in an external storage directory setup for you. Often at /sdcard/GNUOctave/home.

Your latest plots (.png files) can be found in an external storage directory setup for you. Often at /sdcard/GNUOctave/intents.

You will be running in a fake chroot of sorts which includes Octave and many of the programs you expect to find in a standard GNU/Linux (read Debian) install. The fake chroot is split between your external/shared partition (often /sdcard) and your internal (/data/data/com.octave) to save space.

Plot commands and edit commands fire off intents to use whatever image viewer or text editor you have.

See Octave Documentation:
http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/

See the FAQ:
https://github.com/corbinlc/octave4android/wiki/FAQ

File bugs and feature requests here:
https://github.com/corbinlc/octave4android/issues

See code here for packages here:
https://github.com/corbinlc/octave4android

This launcher is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

No GPL licensed code is found within this app, but is found in the packages needed to run.

Direct people to a new version of Octave com.gnuroot.octave . It will require you to install and setup GNURoot Debian. It will take up more storage, but combined with GNURoot Debian, you will have a fully functional and expandable Linux distro. It works with the latest versions of Android (this doesn't). It does not nag for donation (this did). It is fully open source (this isn't).

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to read from external storage.