This bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu.
This bug is resolved with octave 4.2.1-2build1 in 17.10 and
octave-4.2.1-7 in 18.04.
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Hi, as a developer, this bug seems likely to me. The two things causing
this are
1. "octave --no-window-system" initializes the ~/.config/octave
directory even though the GUI is not starting,
2. Ubuntu's sudo defaults do not set the HOME directory, so root creates
files in /home/user/.config
apport information
** Tags added: apport-collected zesty
** Description changed:
After installation the Octave GUI reports an error because lack of
permissions to access the user's configuration file. After that the GUI closes.
The configuration file (~/.config/octave/qt-settings) existed,
Please run this command using Alt+F2:
apport-collect 1694643
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Octave user perferences are owned by root
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