New versions 5.2.0-1 of octave octave-devel octave-doc
are available in the Cygwin distribution: CHANGES Latest upstream release. https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/news/release/2020/01/31/octave-5.2.0-released.html Full changes for 5.x series: https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/NEWS-5.1.html GENERAL NOTE there are 2 octave main binaries with multiple graphic properties octave command line with full plotting capabilities octave --gui graphical interface octave-cli command line inteface with plotting restricted to fltk and gnuplot toolkits Of the 3 graphics toolkit fltk, gnuplot and qt fltk is the worst performing on cygwin gnuplot the lightest qt the most graphic rich OCTAVE-FORGE NOTE You need to install with setup the specific forge package you are looking for. The update of the global pkg database is managed by cygwin setup during the postinstall phase. A semaphore system is in place to update the database only when needed and just one time, also when multiple forge packages are added or removed. DESCRIPTION The GNU Octave language for numerical computations is a (mostly Matlab (R) compatible) high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command-line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically. HOMEPAGE http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Marco Atzeri If you have questions or comments, please send them to the cygwin mailing list at: cygwin (at) cygwin (dot) com .