octave-sockets 1.0.8-1build1 (amd64 binary) in ubuntu vivid

 This package provides functions to work with sockets in octave,
 mimicking the Unix socket API (socket, connect, disconnect,
 gethostbyname, send, recv, bind, listen, and accept)
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 This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.