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FreeMat is a free and open-source (licensed under GPL) numerical analysis software that is designed as a drop-in replacement for MATLAB. Its syntax is very similar to that of MATLAB with most differences being due to the rarity of its updates compared to the regularity of the updates of MATLAB.

FreeMat is a free and open-source (licensed under GPL) numerical analysis software that is designed as a drop-in replacement for MATLAB. Its syntax is very similar to that of MATLAB with most differences being due to the rarity of its updates compared to the regularity of the updates of MATLAB. It can be installed via the software centre or a debian package can be downloaded from its website.

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Comparison of Octave, Spyder, Freemat and Scilab as alternatives to MATLAB

I am trying to find an alternative for MATLAB and have so far found: GNU Octave Spyder FreeMat Scilab I'm trying to find which is the best alternative to MATLAB. I'm particularly concerned with performance and the integrity of the results.
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How to fix X Error: BadAccess, BadDrawable, BadShmSeg while running graphical application using Docker?

I am running Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS. I have installed Docker to this system. I need to run FreeMat 4.2 which is not available for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS anymore because of Qt4 deprecation. I did the following: sudo apt-get install docker.io sudo usermod -a…
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How do I call FreeMat that was installed via Alien?

How do I call FreeMat that was installed via Alien? I'm running 12.10 32 bit. I have tried freemat, freemat4.1.1 and freemat4 and none have worked.
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Freemat 4.2 package for Ubuntu 20.04

Any chance to have the Freemat 4.2 package for Ubuntu 20.04. I can only find it as rpm package (for Fedora for example). It was available in previous release of Ubuntu. I really need this programs for mechanical engineering calculations.
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How do I Install FreeMat 4.1 on 12.10 32 bit?

How do I install FreeMat 4.1 on 12.10 32 bit? The latest version available in the software centre or from other debian package sources is 4.0. Using Alien on the rpm package available at FreeMat Sourceforge doesn't work because it is 64 bit. I've…
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