nixpkgs/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix

{stdenv, fetchurl, g77, readline, ncurses, perl, flex}:

assert readline != null && ncurses != null && flex != null;
assert g77.langF77;

stdenv.mkDerivation {
  name = "octave-2.9.6";
  src = fetchurl {
    url = ftp://ftp.octave.org/pub/octave/bleeding-edge/octave-2.9.6.tar.bz2;
    md5 = "10f07dbc0951a7318502a9f1e51e6388";
  };
  buildInputs = [g77 readline ncurses perl flex];
  configureFlags = "--enable-readline --enable-dl --disable-static --enable-shared";
}