Re: Symbols in Octave

[Thomas D. Dean]

On 03/14/14 07:10, Nicholas Jankowski wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Conrad Kopernikus <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > I need your help! I want to use symbols and undefined variables in octave.
> > When I use MatLab I can use the commend syms x. But I can't. When I use x
> or
> > another undefined variable there comes an error. What shall I do? I have
> > Ubuntu Salamander - is their any smart line I can write in the Terminal?
> Or
> > any other solution?
> >
> > Please help me. I just want to use Ubuntu - so it must be Octave or
> Scilab.


There is a Maxima package for Ubuntu.

> lsb_release -a
LSB Version: 
core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
Release:        12.04
Codename:       precise

> apt-cache search maxima
...
maxima - A computer algebra system -- base system
maxima-doc - A computer algebra system -- documentation
maxima-emacs - A computer algebra system -- emacs interface
maxima-share - A computer algebra system -- extra code
maxima-src - A computer algebra system -- source code
maxima-test - A computer algebra system -- test suite
...


Tom Dean