octave-config(1)            General Commands Manual           octave-config(1)

NAME
       octave-config - GNU Octave component and library information retrieval

SYNOPSIS
       octave-config [option]...

DESCRIPTION
       octave-config is a tool to obtain directory information for .oct and .m
       files for

OPTIONS
       --m-site-dir
              Display the main directory for local, or site-specific, .m
              script files.

       --oct-site-dir
              Display the main directory for local, or site-specific, .oct
              dynamic-link libraries.

       -p VAR, --print VAR
              Print the default value of the Octave configuration variable
              VAR.  Recognized variables are:

                  API_VERSION                 LOCALARCHLIBDIR
                  ARCHLIBDIR                  LOCALFCNFILEDIR
                  BINDIR                      LOCALOCTFILEDIR
                  CANONICAL_HOST_TYPE         LOCALSTARTUPFILEDIR
                  DATADIR                     LOCALVERARCHLIBDIR
                  DATAROOTDIR                 LOCALVERFCNFILEDIR
                  DEFAULT_PAGER               LOCALVEROCTFILEDIR
                  EXEEXT                      MAN1DIR
                  FCNFILEDIR                  MAN1EXT
                  IMAGEDIR                    MANDIR
                  INCLUDEDIR                  OCTAVE_EXEC_HOME
                  INFODIR                     OCTAVE_HOME
                  INFOFILE                    OCTDATADIR
                  LIBDIR                      OCTDOCDIR
                  LIBEXECDIR                  OCTFILEDIR
                  LOCALAPIARCHLIBDIR          OCTFONTSDIR
                  LOCALAPIFCNFILEDIR          OCTINCLUDEDIR
                  LOCALAPIOCTFILEDIR          OCTLIBDIR
                  LOCALAPIPKGDIR              STARTUPFILEDIR
                                              VERSION

       -v, --version
              Display the version number of

       -h, --help
              Print help message.

AUTHOR
       John W. Eaton and many others.  The list of contributors to the Octave
       project may be shown from within octave by executing "doc
       Acknowledgements".  The list is also available online at <https://
       docs.octave.org/latest/Acknowledgements.html>.

SEE ALSO

GNU Octave                        April 2026                  octave-config(1)