liboctave-dev 3.8.0-4ubuntu2 (ppc64el binary) in ubuntu trusty

 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 provides the header files and the mkoctfile script used for
 extending Octave via compiled code.