---
name: "octave-depends"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "octave2.1-headers"
version: "2.1.69-1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/octave-depends"
---

# octave-depends(1)

calculates Octave dependencies

## NAME

octave-deps - calculates Octave dependencies

## SYNOPSIS

**octave-deps** \[*debhelper options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

octave-deps is a debhelper-like program that is responsible for generating the ${octave:Depends} substitutions and adding them to substvars files.

If you use this program, your package must build-depend on octave2.1-headers (\>= 2.1.65).

## SEE ALSO

[*debhelper*(7)](/debhelper/7.md)

This program is not part of debhelper.

## AUTHOR

Rafael Laboissiere \<rafael@debian.org\>

Most ideas borrowed from dh\_python by Josselin Mouette \<joss@debian.org\>, who apparently took ideas from Brendan O'Dea \<bod@debian.org\>.