Build octave linux in simple way if imagemagick is thtowing some bugs

# Install the dev packages needed to build octave.
sudo apt-get build-dep octave

# Get the official source package. Do this in a clean directory, because it will get polluted.

mkdir ~/myoctavebuild
cd ~/myoctavebuild
apt-get source octave

# Build it. This took roughly an hour for me.
cd octave-3.8.2
dpkg-buildpackage

# Either run it from the build directory:
./run-octave
# ...or install it over the official octave:
cd ..

# Now you are in myoctavebuild directory:

# The following first two lines install some compiled libraries:

sudo dpkg -i liboctave2_3.8.2-4_amd64.deb 

sudo dpkg -i octave-common_3.8.2-4_all.deb 

sudo dpkg --install octave_3.8.2-4_amd64.deb

Source: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/octave/+bug/1372202/comments/10