octave 1:2.1.73-8 (i386 binary) in ubuntu edgy

 Octave 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.
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 This package is an empty 'virtual' package whose sole purpose is to
 install the current Octave version from the 2.1 branch (the recommended
 testing branch) .
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 Once you have the octave2.1 package installed, you can remove this package.