Octave - critical error. Installation on linux mint

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I tried installing Octave on my Linux Mint machine. Firstly it stopped mid download when I tried to install it with the software manager. I then tried installing it with the terminal using the following commands:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:octave/stable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install octave

But when I open Octave it gives the following error:

The settings file /home/user/.config/octave/qt-settings does not exist and can not be created. Make sure you have read and write permissions to /home/user/.config/octave

Any ideas on how to fix this? Thank you

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have you followed the advice in the message? - Andy
I am new to linux (and quite a lot of computer related things) so that is why I am struggling a bit. But I found a solution - I just had to change the permissions with the "sudo chmod -R ugo+rw /home/user/.config/octave" command. Turns out error messages are quite helpful. Feeling like a real noob now. Sorry guys. - user7130557

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I found the solution. Quite simple in fact. You only have to change the permissions with the following command:

sudo chmod -R ugo+rw /home/user/.config/octave