[scilab-Users] Upgrade to Scilab 5.2.2 in Ubuntu Lucid

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Le samedi 27 novembre 2010 à 02:52 -0800, Vishwanath Rao a écrit :
> 
> Hi,
>   Currently I have Scilab 5.2.1 in Ubuntu Lucid and no upgrades are
> available in Synaptic.   
> 
> 
> 1.  Is there a way to a clean upgrade to Scilab 5.2.2 without a fresh
> install using a third party repository?  
Ubuntu Maverick has version 5.2.2. [1]
You could upgrade your Ubuntu to this version.

> 2.  If I do a manual install by downloading the tarballs from the
> scilab website, will my older version be wiped out ?  
No, it won't.
With Scilab tarballs, you could have 10 versions installed on your
system.

Sylvestre
[1] http://packages.ubuntu.com/hu/maverick/scilab

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