---
name: "dh_octave_check"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dh-octave-autopkgtest"
version: "1.8.0"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dh_octave_check"
---

# dh\_octave\_check(1)

automatically run an Octave-Forge package test suite

## NAME

dh\_octave\_check - automatically run an Octave-Forge package test suite

## SYNOPSIS

**dh\_octave\_check**

## DESCRIPTION

**dh\_octave\_check** performs the automated tests present in both *\*.m* and C++ files in the sub-directories of the current directory, which should be the top-level source directory of an Octave add-on package. It also runs the script *debian/check.m*, if it exists.

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

Some aspects of the execution of **dh\_octave\_check** can be controlled through the environment variables listed below.  These variables can also be set in file `"debian/checkvars"`, which is sourced by **dh\_octave\_check**.

- DH\_OCTAVE\_EXCLUDE\_TEST

  A space-separated list with the the names of the files whose unit tests should not be run.

- DH\_OCTAVE\_TEST\_OPT

  The optional second argument for Octave’s test function.  Allowed values are `"quiet"`, `"normal"`, and `"verbose"`.

- DH\_OCTAVE\_TEST\_ENV

  Prefix for calling the Octave command.  It can be used for setting environment variables to Sensible values (for instance `"LD_PRELOAD="`) and specifying another program under which Octave must be run (like `"xvfb-run"`).

- octave

  Name of the Octave binary to run (defaults to `"octave-cli"`).

- octave\_options

  Command line options for Octave (defaults to `"--no-history --silent` `--no-init-file --no-window-system"`).

## SEE ALSO

[**debhelper**(7)](/debhelper/7.md), [**dh**(1)](/dh/1.md), [**dh\_octave\_substvar**(1)](/dh_octave_substvar/1.md), [**dh\_octave\_clean**(1)](/dh_octave_clean/1.md), [**dh\_octave\_version**(1)](/dh_octave_version/1.md), [**dh\_octave\_changelogs**(1)](/dh_octave_changelogs/1.md), [**dh\_octave\_examples**(1)](/dh_octave_examples/1.md)

This program is meant to be used together with debhelper for Debian packages derived from Octave-Forge packages. It is recommended to enable it by adding the dh-sequence-octave virtual package to Build-Depends, Build-Depends-Arch or Build-Depends-Indep. This is equivalent to adding dh-octave to the same field and adding --with=octave to the dh sequencer in debian/rules, except that only -arch/-indep/profiled builds are affected. This is also slightly more simple in the most common case.

## AUTHOR

Rafael Laboissière \<rafael@debian.org\>