Jupyter + Octave = Simple Free Matlab
As we known, Matlab is a powerful Matrix computation program language with specific intergrated development environment. However Matlab is commercial software you should pay for it and too cumbersome about 10G. Naturally, we want a free and tiny software with the same power. The solution is HERE: Jupyter + Octave.
To configure this environment, you should install three component: Jupyter,Octave,Octave Kernel
Jupyter
The Jupyter Notebook is an open-source web application that allows you to create and share documents that > contain live code, equations, visualizations and narrative text.
We highly recommend Jupyter Lab
Install
pip install jupyter
Launch
jupyter notebook
Octave
- Octave is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
- The Octave syntax is largely compatible with Matlab.
Download and Install
Follow the link to download and install. http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Microsoft_Windows
DON’T download the latest version, use the stable version(5.2.0 is the version I use presently)
Validation
octave --version
Configure Environment Variables
Add location to PATH
Octave Kernel
Run the following command directly.
pip install metakernel
pip install octave_kernel
python -m octave_kernel install
Finally, you can use octave in Jupyter.
