octave-config(1) User Commands octave-config(1)

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

GNU Octave April 2026 octave-config(1)