There are two types of package dependencies. The first one is the package depending on the version of underlying software. For example, take the Octave package called statistics, available at https://octave.sourceforge.io/statistics. On February 22, 2018, it has a version of 1.3.0 and it requires an underlying Octave with a version of at least 4.0.0, as shown in the last line of the following screenshot:
The second type of dependency is between packages. Developers of various packages use many functions embedded in other developed packages. Not only does this save time, but it also means they don't have to reinvent the wheel. From the last line of the previous screenshot, we know that this package depends on another Octave package called io.
In the following, we show the process of installation. First, we download the ZIP file from https://octave.sourceforge...
