Octave GUI doesn't launch on Ubuntu 16.04

Asked Mar 22 '17 at 18:46

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I have installed Octave using the following commands:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:octave/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install octave

Typing octave --no-gui in the shell launches Octave command line. However, if I try opening octave GUI by typing octave or octave --force-gui, octave icon appears in the sidebar, and nothing else happens (no error message, either) and octave doesn't launch. Clicking on the icon doesn't do anything either.

I have tried following the accepted answer to this similar question, but when I write

cd .config/octave

I get the following message:

bash: cd: .config/octave: No such file or directory

Thanks.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:37

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asked Mar 22 '17 at 18:46

user1767774

What directory are you running the cd command from? Try cd ~/.config/octave/. I assume you're referring to the issue whereby the qt-settings directory becomes root-owned? – steeldriver Mar 22 '17 at 18:53
Thanks, now it works, but it didn't solve the issue. Could you please clarify your question regarding qt-settings? I am new to Linux. – user1767774 Mar 22 '17 at 18:59
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I assume you already ran the chown command indicated in the linked answer? – steeldriver Mar 22 '17 at 19:05
Yes, it didn't solve the issue. – user1767774 Mar 22 '17 at 19:15

Octave GUI doesn't launch on Ubuntu 16.04

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