octave-config(1) - Linux man page

Name

octave-config - GNU Octave component and library information retrieval

Synopsis

octave-config [options]

Description

octave-config is a tool to obtain directory information for .oct and .m files for octave(1).

Options

octave-config accepts the following options:
--m-site-dir
Display the main directory for local, or site-specific, .m script files.
--oct-site-dir
Display the main directory for local, or site-specific, .oct dynamic-link libraries.
-p|--print VAR
Print the default value of the Octave configuration variable VAR. Recognized variables are:
CANONICAL_HOST_TYPE LOCALFCNFILEDIR
DEFAULT_PAGER LOCALFCNFILEPATH
ARCHLIBDIR LOCALOCTFILEDIR
BINDIR LOCALOCTFILEPATH
DATADIR LOCALSTARTUPFILEDIR
EXEC_PREFIX LOCALVERARCHLIBDIR
FCNFILEDIR LOCALVERFCNFILEDIR
FCNFILEPATH LOCALVEROCTFILEDIR
IMAGEDIR MAN1DIR
IMAGE_PATH MAN1EXT
INCLUDEDIR MANDIR
INFODIR OCTFILEDIR
INFOFILE OCTINCLUDEDIR
LIBDIR OCTLIBDIR
LIBEXECDIR PREFIX
LIBEXECDIR STARTUPFILEDIR
LOCALARCHLIBDIR VERSION
-v|--version
Display the version number of octave(1).
-h|-?|--help
Display a help page about octave-config

Author

John W. Eaton <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>

This manual page was contributed by Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution but may be used by others.