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octave-config(1)

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NAME

octave-config - 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

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
-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.

SEE ALSO

April 2026 GNU Octave