Precompiled binary packages of Dynare 4.1 are available for Debian and Ubuntu distributions of GNU/Linux. These packages work with both Octave and MATLAB.

This page describes the installation of these packages.

1. Configuring your package manager to receive Dynare packages

This should be done only before the first installation.

Packages are available from two sources:

• Official Debian and Ubuntu archives
• Dynare repository

Depending on your version of Debian or Ubuntu, and the version of Dynare you want, you will want to choose one or the other of these two sources.

1.1. From official Debian and Ubuntu archive

The Dynare package is now available in the most recent Debian and Ubuntu distributions as an official package.

The status of the package can be monitored on the Debian Package Tracking System.

Status of the packages as of 2010-01-18:

If you want to use these sources, you don't need to do anything: they are already configured in your package manager.

Under Debian, you may however need to select the "contrib" section in your package sources, in order to get MATLAB support.

1.2. From Dynare repository

Status of the packages as of 2010-02-12:

1.2.1. Importing the cryptographic signing key

First, for security reasons, you should download the archive signing key, which is used to authenticate Dynare packages.

There are two ways of doing it:

• via the graphical Synaptic package manager

  • first download http://www.dynare.org/dynare.public.key, and save it somewhere

  • then launch Synaptic, go to the "Settings" menu, and click on "Repositories"
  • go to "Authentication" tab, and click on "Import Key file"

  • select the dynare.public.key file that you have downloaded, and click OK

• or manually, by typing the following in a command line (assuming you have installed wget):

sudo wget -O - http://www.dynare.org/dynare.public.key | sudo apt-key add -

1.2.2. Adding the correct APT line to your package sources

Then you need to give one "APT line" to your package manager; this line is given in the previous table, and depends on your distribution.

For adding them, you can either do it:

• via the graphical Synaptic package manager:
  • go to the "Settings" menu, and click on "Repositories"
  • go to "Third-party software" tab and click on "Add"
  • you will be asked for an APT line: copy/paste the APT line, then click "Add Source"

• or manually, by editing your /etc/apt/sources.list with a text editor (as root), and adding the apt line

2. Installing the packages

There are three packages which you may want to install:

• dynare: base package, containing a fully functional installation of Dynare for Octave under /usr/share/dynare/matlab

• dynare-matlab: install this package if you are using MATLAB, in order to recompile the MEX files. You will be asked a few questions by your package manager (such as the location where you installed MATLAB)

• dynare-doc: documentation (HTML and PDF manual, PDF userguide, example MOD files, ...). They are installed under /usr/share/doc/dynare-doc/. The manual and the userguide are also registered:

  • in the DHelp/DWWW system, in the "Science/Mathematics" section
  • in Rarian (the online help system in Gnome and KDE), in the "Education/Mathematics" section

3. Using Dynare

3.1. Under MATLAB

You need to specify the correct path:

addpath /usr/share/dynare/matlab

Then, launch Dynare with:

dynare filename.mod

3.2. Under Octave

You don't need to add a path, it's automatically configured.

On Octave 3.0 (but not 3.2), you may also want to type:

mark_as_command dynare

Then, launch Dynare with:

dynare filename.mod