{"id":33025,"date":"2020-11-30T15:59:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T15:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=33025"},"modified":"2020-11-30T16:00:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T16:00:08","slug":"gnu-octave-6-1-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/gnu-octave-6-1-released\/","title":{"rendered":"GNU Octave 6.1 Released with Improvements \/ New Functions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gnuoctave-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7910\" \/><\/p>\n<p>GNU Octave 6.1 was released a few days ago with numerous improvements, bug-fixes, and a list of new functions.<\/p>\n<p>Changes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gnu.org\/software\/octave\/NEWS-6.1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Octave 6.1<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New sorting option <code style=\"border:none;\">\"stable\"<\/code> for <code style=\"border:none;\">intersect<\/code>, <code style=\"border:none;\">setdiff<\/code>, <code style=\"border:none;\">setxor<\/code>, <code style=\"border:none;\">union<\/code>, and <code style=\"border:none;\">unique<\/code> functions.<\/li>\n<li>Support for cookies to enable RESTful communication with the web service.<\/li>\n<li>System web browser can be opened by <code style=\"border:none;\">web<\/code> function.<\/li>\n<li>Numerical integration has been improved.<\/li>\n<li>New <code style=\"border:none;\">format<\/code> command options: <code style=\"border:none;\">uppercase<\/code> and <code style=\"border:none;\">lowercase<\/code> (default).<\/li>\n<li>Deprecated Qt4 support.<\/li>\n<li>Completely rewritten of the <code style=\"border:none;\">legend<\/code> function.<\/li>\n<li>Updated the <code style=\"border:none;\">axis<\/code> function and many other graphics backend improvements.<\/li>\n<li>matlab compatibility improvements.<\/li>\n<li>Remove deprecated functions and properties.<\/li>\n<li>Add a list of new functions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/octave-window.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/octave-window.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/octave-window-450x264.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How to Get Octave in Ubuntu:<\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s no PPA repository contains the new release package at the moment of writing. <\/p>\n<p>Before the official <a href=\"https:\/\/snapcraft.io\/octave\" target=\"_blank\">Snap package<\/a> and the community maintained <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/details\/org.octave.Octave\" target=\"_blank\">Flatpak package<\/a> publish the new package, you can download &#038; build GNU Octave from the source tarball:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/www.gnu.org\/software\/octave\/download' class='arconix-button-flat arconix-button-large arconix-button-tan' target=\"_blank\" >Download Octave<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GNU Octave 6.1 was released a few days ago with numerous improvements, bug-fixes, and a list of new functions. 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