GNU Octave with Matlab-stdlib

If using GNU Octave instead of Matlab the minimum Octave version is 7.0.

For HDF5 h5*() functions, install hdf5oct package from Octave prompt:

pkg install -forge hdf5oct

For NetCDF4 nc*() functions, install netcdf package from Octave prompt:

pkg install -forge netcdf

C++ Oct files

Optionally, to enable higher-performance (faster) C++-based .oct functions, run the octave_build script from GNU Octave.