[Scilab-users] installing latest scilab (5.5.1) version on udoo

[Antoine Monmayrant]

On 01/06/2015 11:44 PM, Tim Wescott wrote:
> Hey Patrick:
>
> What you want to do is uninstall Scilab from Ubuntu, and hand install
> it.
>
> This can be very easy, if you don't mind not having a shortcut in your
> start menu.  I use Lubuntu, so the following directions should work for
> you, more or less (with the caviat that I'm no sysop).
>
> * Download the tar

Hmm, the UDOO is an Arm platform.
I don't think there is a precompiled tar of scilab for this kind of CPU.
Did anyone try to compile scilab from source on an Arm machine?

Antoine

>
> * Unpack it into your home directory someplace (I'd make a temporary
> directory, in the event of screwups: as I said, I'm a user, not a
> sysop).
>
> If you don't want to make it available to all users, stop -- just run
> scilab from the command line with <whatever>/scilab-5.5.1/bin/scilab.
>
> Otherwise:
>
> * Change ownership to root:
>
> sudo chown root:root --recursive scilab-5.5.1
>
> * Move it someplace sensible
>
> sudo mv scilab-5.5.1 /usr/local/share
>
> * Put a script file somewhere in your path to invoke it from the command
> line.  I put 'scilab' in /usr/local/bin; it reads:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> /usr/local/share/scilab-5.5.1/bin/scilab $*
>
> * You'll need to make the script file so that it's owned by root, and
> you'll need to make the script file executable.  You can do this by:
>
> ** Go to the right directory and invoke leafpad as root:
>
> cd /usr/local/bin
> sudo leafpad scilab
>
> ** then copy the script I gave into the file, save and exit, and then
> mark it as executable:
>
> sudo chmod +x scilab
>
> At this point, you should be able to type 'scilab' at the command line,
> and have Scilab come up.
>
> On Tue, 2015-01-06 at 14:45 -0700, pkk wrote:
>> HI there,
>>
>> I've installed scilab on an udoo developting platform running lubuntu 12.04
>> using:
>>
>> sudo apt-get install scilab
>>
>> which installs version 5.3.3.
>>
>> How can I upgrade scilab to the latest stable version 5.5.1 or alternatively
>> reinstall latest version.
>>
>> Any help is very much welcome.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
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