Free alternatives to Matlab
Free alternatives to Matlab
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I recently have been working on a Matlab project at work, but don't have Matlab on my home computer.
In the past I have used Scilab for this sort of thing, but it is equivalent to, rather than a clone of, Matlab.
In the past Octave has been recommended as an open source clone of Matlab. It has now reached release 3 and I am pleased to say that while it is not 100% compatible, you can at least develop a program on either platform, with reasonable success. The graphics have improved a lot.
I'd rather have Matlab, but I'd rather pay for Octave.
www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html
In the past I have used Scilab for this sort of thing, but it is equivalent to, rather than a clone of, Matlab.
In the past Octave has been recommended as an open source clone of Matlab. It has now reached release 3 and I am pleased to say that while it is not 100% compatible, you can at least develop a program on either platform, with reasonable success. The graphics have improved a lot.
I'd rather have Matlab, but I'd rather pay for Octave.
www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: Free alternatives to Matlab
- Steve
RE: Free alternatives to Matlab
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: Free alternatives to Matlab
Fedora Core 6 does not have Octave. Fedora deleted all sorts of apparently non-essential programs. I am hoping these have been restored on the later versions.
I have installed version 3 from source. I have installed earlier Windows versions in binary format. The Free Software guys seem to understand that Windows normally does not include a C and a Fortran complier.
JHG
RE: Free alternatives to Matlab
I can only find 2.x on our Linux machines at work. We do have at least one machine with Red Hat AS5 on it I think, but can't remember which one though.
- Steve