octave-config - Man Page
GNU Octave component and library information retrieval
Synopsis
octave-config [option]...
Description
octave-config is a tool to obtain directory information for .oct and .m files for octave(1).
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 VAR, --print VAR
Print the default value of the Octave configuration variable VAR. Recognized variables are:
API_VERSION LOCALARCHLIBDIR ARCHLIBDIR LOCALFCNFILEDIR BINDIR LOCALOCTFILEDIR CANONICAL_HOST_TYPE LOCALSTARTUPFILEDIR DATADIR LOCALVERARCHLIBDIR DATAROOTDIR LOCALVERFCNFILEDIR DEFAULT_PAGER LOCALVEROCTFILEDIR EXEEXT MAN1DIR FCNFILEDIR MAN1EXT IMAGEDIR MANDIR INCLUDEDIR OCTAVE_EXEC_HOME INFODIR OCTAVE_HOME INFOFILE OCTDATADIR LIBDIR OCTDOCDIR LIBEXECDIR OCTFILEDIR LOCALAPIARCHLIBDIR OCTFONTSDIR LOCALAPIFCNFILEDIR OCTINCLUDEDIR LOCALAPIOCTFILEDIR OCTLIBDIR LOCALAPIPKGDIR STARTUPFILEDIR VERSION- -v, --version
Display the version number of octave(1).
- -h, --help
Print help message.
Author
John W. Eaton and many others. The list of contributors to the Octave project may be shown from within octave by executing "doc Acknowledgements". The list is also available online at https://docs.octave.org/latest/Acknowledgements.html.
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April 2026 GNU Octave