[Scilab-users] I can't get the call_scilab API working on recent Mac OS and Xcode 5

[Andrew Voelkel]

I posted the bug description below in Bugzilla, but have got no useful
replies or acklowledgement. Has anyone here recently gotten the
call_scilab stuff working on a Mac. It appears the instructions are
pretty old, I'm guessing they aren't even referring to dylib
libraries.

- Andy


BUG DESCRIPTION:
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There appear to be many problems with the call_scilab example code and
instructions for Mac OS. I'm using 10.9.1 and Xcode 5, but my guess is
that
these problems exist on earlier Mac OS versions.

The first problem is that the instructions seem to be wrong. There are
not two separate include folders "call_scilab" and "core" under the
master
include folder. Second, the library "scilab" does not exist. By
searching for symbols in the .dylib files, I was able to get the
project to build by
including "libscicall_scilab.dylib"

However, when I try to run the project, I get this error:

dyld: Library not loaded:
/Users/scilab/SuperCC/sci_binary/scilab-5.4.1.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/scilab/libscicall_scilab.5.dylib
  Referenced from:
/Users/andrew_voelkel/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Scilab_API_try-fdmekealfnosslhggzvcequhfnqg/Build/Products/Debug/Scilab
API try
  Reason: image not found

I have a modified my "scheme" so that it sets up the runtime
environment to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to
/Applications/scilab-5.4.1.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/scilab and SCI to
/Applications/scilab-5.4.1.app/Contents/MacOS/share/scilab, but this
doesn't seem
to help.

It is conceivable that using gcc at the command line might yield
different results, but given that the instructions are obviously out
of date (see
above), I doubt it.

I would be happy to write up updated Mac OS instructions and submit
them once I can get this problem resolved.


ERROR LOG:
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HOW TO REPRODUCE THE BUG:

Try to follow the instructions get the call_scilab example on scilab
5.4.1 and a recent version of MacOS, preferably using Xcode and even
more
preferably Xcode 5. The instructions I was following can be found here:
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