Public bug reported: The distribution functions like normcdf are missing from Octave. This seems to be a repackaging bug. The distributions where recently moved from the base to the statistics package. Apparently, the package versions in the repository are out of sync. I installed all octave packages, so it seems to be really missing and not hidden in a rare package.
octave:1> normcdf(0) error: 'normcdf' undefined near line 1 column 1 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: octave 4.4.1-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-25.26-generic 4.18.20 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Aug 21 17:57:31 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-05 (1385 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805) SourcePackage: octave UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-10-18 (307 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2019-03-07T14:28:39.455024 ** Affects: octave (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1840942 Title: Distribution functions missing from Octave To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/octave/+bug/1840942/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs