---
name: "octave2.9-depends"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "octave2.9-headers"
version: "2.9.9-8etch1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/octave-depends-2.9.9"
---

# octave2.9-depends(1)

calculates Octave dependencies

Part of [octave-depends-2.9.9(1)](/octave-depends-2.9.9/1.md).

## NAME

octave-depends - calculates Octave dependencies

## SYNOPSIS

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

## DESCRIPTION

octave-depends is a debhelper-like program that is responsible for generating the ${octave:Depends} substitutions and adding them to substvars files.  Variables ${octave\<major\>:Depends} are also available, where \<major\> is currently either "-2-1" or "-2-9" (N.B.: periods are not allowed in substvar names).

If you use this program, your package must build-depend on octave2.1-headers (\>= 2.1.73-10) or octave2.9-headers (\>= 2.9.7-2).

## 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\>.