[scilab-Users] Scilab 5.1.1 fails to start on Mac OS X 10.5.6

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Le mercredi 15 avril 2009 à 08:44 -0400, Steve Revilak a écrit :
> Hello Scilab users.
> 
> I recently installed scilab-5.1.1-alpha-1 on an Intel Mac Pro, running
> Mac OS X 10.5.6.  I've had some difficulty getting the application to
> launch.
> 
> When I double-click /Applications/scilab-5.1.1-alpha-1.app, the
> program icon appears in the Dock for a few seconds, then disappears.
> 
> Trying to run Scilab from the command line shows that the problem is a
> library load error.
> 
[...]

>   - Am I correct in concluding that the Mac OS X Scilab 5.1.1 works
>     only with Java 1.5, and not Java 1.6?
Hmmm, I believe it is more due to a bad assumption from me about the
place where Apple is storing java native libraries.
I have to update my script to fix it.

>   - If the above is correct, is there a preferred method of telling
>     Scilab to use a Java version that's not the system default?
I am going to write a patch to fix it (next week ?). I will probably ask you to test it!

Thanks for reporting this bug.
Sylvestre