codeaft@codeaft:~$ su
Password: 
root@codeaft:/home/codeaft# apt install octave
...

root@codeaft:/home/codeaft# octave --version
GNU Octave, version 8.4.0
Copyright (C) 1993-2023 The Octave Project Developers.
This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Octave was configured for "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu".

Additional information about Octave is available at https://www.octave.org.

Please contribute if you find this software useful.
For more information, visit https://www.octave.org/get-involved.html

Read https://www.octave.org/bugs.html to learn how to submit bug reports.