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

[Steve Revilak]

> From: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre.ledru at scilab.org>
> Subject: Re: [scilab-Users] Scilab 5.1.1 fails to start on Mac OS X 10.5.6

>> 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!

Sylvestre,

Thanks for responding.  When your patch is ready, I would be more than
happy to test it.

Steve