Error running Octave in Ubuntu 16.04

Question

I just followed the answer in: How to install Octave without GUI in Ubuntu 16.04? to install octave in ubuntu 16.04 and apparently it worked fine.

Running octave-cli in terminal apparently works

But when I went to run octave clicking on its icon I got the following error:

The settings file /home/user/.config/octave/qt-settings does not exist and can not be created.

Make sure you have read and write permissions to /home/user/.config/octave

Octave GUI must be closed now.

Can anyone please help me fix this, so I can run octave?

There are 2 answers in the question you linked, and note that the answer with more upvotes offers 2 methods. Which answer and method did you actually follow? — edwinksl, Jun 28 '16 at 23:42
Which ever you think is the best one. I'd probably go for the one with more upvotes, because if one of the methods doesn't work I can always try the other one. — Joao, Jun 29 '16 at 23:10

score 32 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 06 '17 at 14:26

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cd .config/octave

sudo chown $USER qt-settings

edited Aug 06 '17 at 14:26

Aravind Voggu

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answered Jul 02 '16 at 01:34

AlejandroS

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in directory ~/snap/octave/306/.config/octave: qt-settings: no such file or directory – milanHrabos Oct 28 '22 at 12:30

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '16 at 10:20

3

You can use "sudo octave" from the terminal in order to give access to octave. The con is that you have to open octave every time by this way.

answered Jul 23 '16 at 10:20

Vag

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1

Using sudo at random like this is not really a good idea. – Richard Jul 07 '22 at 01:56

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 29 '16 at 03:19

1

What helped me on ubuntu 14.04 is the following

cd .config/octave/

sudo chmod u+w qt-settings

answered Jun 29 '16 at 03:19

hepek

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I followed your suggestion, but nothing happens after that. – Joao Jun 30 '16 at 00:38

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 15 '16 at 14:05

0

I had the same problem. This worked for me:

cd ~/.config/octave 
sudo chown user:user qt-settings
sudo chmod u+w qt-settings

In place of the word "user" you must place your username.

edited Aug 15 '16 at 14:05

Anthon

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answered Aug 15 '16 at 13:51

martin

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 14 '17 at 15:25

0

Got this problem on 17.04. The problem is the permissions of the folder, not the file.

I did this:

sudo chown user .config/octave
sudo chown user .config/octave/qt-settings

and then Octave opened OK.

edited Apr 14 '17 at 15:25

Stephen Rauch

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answered Apr 14 '17 at 14:24

John Walker

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Jun 11 '20 at 14:16

0

The problem is, that somehow the program doesn't see that who is the owner of the program. For that you need to do the following (that was mentioned by everyone) :

cd .config/octave

sudo chmod qt.settings

After this, open terminal and type: Octave. The program will run

My system: ubuntu 17.04 upgraded to gnome3

edited Jun 11 '20 at 14:16

Community

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answered Sep 23 '17 at 19:47

Kregnach

1

score -2 · Answer 7 · edited Aug 16 '16 at 06:45

-2

cd .config/octave/
sudo chmod u+w qt-settings

cd .config/octave
sudo chown user qt-settings

*works for me even 16.04

edited Aug 16 '16 at 06:45

answered Aug 16 '16 at 06:30

Jude

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Error running Octave in Ubuntu 16.04

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