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Dockerfile to build an Octave container

Octave

Lightweight development environment for testing Octave scripts.

Usage

$ docker run --rm -it openmicroscopy/octave                   # Octave shell
$ docker run --rm -it --entrypoint bash openmicroscopy/octave # Bash shell
$ docker run --rm openmicroscopy/octave -h                    # Get octave help
$ docker run --rm openmicroscopy/octave example1.m arg1       # Run the example file
$ docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/source openmicroscopy/octave /source/myfile.m

Mount your local source folder to the container and run it inside the container.

octave-docker's Issues

Octave `help` doesn't work for all command names

In the octave interactive shell help for plot command doesn't work.

Example:

octave:1> help plot
sh: 1: less: not found
octave:2>

It's a simple fix by installing less program.
Add this to the dockerfile:
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install less