[scilab-Users] Re: Scilab on OS X Snow leopard

[Hiroaki Misono]

Here is the output of ls -al.

drwxr-xr-x  13 root      wheel     442 May 12 09:36 .
drwxr-xr-x  12 root      wheel     408 Dec  4 08:50 ..
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root      wheel       5 Dec  4 08:50 1.3 -> 1.3.1
drwxr-xr-x   3 root      wheel     102 Jul 20  2009 1.3.1
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root      wheel      10 Dec  4 08:50 1.4 -> CurrentJDK
drwxr-xr-x   8 root      wheel     272 Jul 14  2009 1.4.2
lrwxr-xr-x   1 hiroakim  hiroakim    5 May 12 09:36 1.5 -> 1.5.0
drwxr-xr-x   8 root      wheel     272 Aug 13  2009 1.5.0
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root      wheel       5 Dec  4 08:50 1.6 -> 1.6.0
drwxr-xr-x   7 root      wheel     238 Sep 10  2009 1.6.0
drwxr-xr-x   8 root      wheel     272 Dec  4 08:51 A
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root      wheel       1 Dec  4 08:50 Current -> A
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root      wheel       3 Dec  4 08:50 CurrentJDK -> 1.6
[Macbook:Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions] %

I installed JDK 1.5.0 with the symlink (1.5 -> 1.5.0) using Pacifist from JavaForMacOSX10.5Update5.
I guess it can be done by using the ln command (sudo ln -fhsv 1.5 1.5.0?, well, I am novice to Unix.....).
I think the default symlink in Snow Leopard is 1.5 -> CurrentJDK (haven't confirmed it).

Hope this helps.


Miso


On May 17, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Kay-Uwe Goetz wrote:

> Hiroaki Misono <hmisono at ...> writes:
> 
>> 
>> OK.I figured out my issue with Scilab.
>> For an unknown reason, a symbolic link to Java 1.5 was missing in 
>> the System
>> folder.
>> I made it in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/ to 
>> refer to 1.5.0.
>> Voila!
>> Scilab now starts!
>> 
>> I guess it doesn't matter whether the symlink is set to 1.5 or 1.6 because 
>> it is set to 1.6.0 in my student's computer on which Scilab launched 
>> without a trouble.
>> 
> 
> Could you please explain that in a bit more detail? What should the link 
> refer to? Maybe you can include the output of 'ls -al'?
> 
> Thanks 
> Kay-Uwe
> 
>