octave-mapping software package provides geographical mapping functions for Octave, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install octave-mapping
octave-mapping is installed in your system.
Make ensure the octave-mapping package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep octave-mapping *
You will get with octave-mapping package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Mathematics |
| Package | octave-mapping |
| Version | 1.0.7-4 |
| Description | geographical mapping functions for Octave |
| Sub Section | math |