octave-config(1) 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 <[email protected]>

This manual page was contributed by Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]> for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution but may be used by others.