[Scilab-users] Unable to update ATOMS packages - Scilab 6.0.1

[Samuel Enibe]

I have a similar problem with SCILAB on Ubuntu 1804.

A solution to this problem from the developers of SCILAB or the Ubuntu
maintainers will be most appreciated.

Samuel Ogbonna Enibe
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria


On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 10:37 PM Pndsc <chrisp at poundsc.org> wrote:

> So to update my own inquiry - as far as I can make out theres no solution
> to
> this problem. Or at least, I havent been able to fix it.
>
> I'm not the only person with this problem - theres an  Ubuntu stackexchange
> thread with a suggested fix here
> <
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1029163/how-to-get-scilab-6-0-1-working-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts/1029164>
>
> by N0rbert which might prove useful for other people with issues of simply
> getting Scilab to work, but does not solve my issue of ATOMS not updating
> or
> displaying an up to date package list.
>
> The HDF5 thing is a known issue and is on the bugtracker here thanks to
> N0rbert:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/scilab/+bug/1765503
>
> I have to admit I have a hard time with believing that this issue has been
> allowed to persist for so long with the current most widespread linux
> distribution out there.
>
> Running an atomsInstall command doesnt work either:
>
> --> atomsInstall("coselica")
> Scanning repository http://atoms.scilab.org/6.0 ... Done
>
> at line   265 of function atomsDESCRIPTIONget (
>
> /usr/share/scilab/modules/atoms/macros/atoms_internals/atomsDESCRIPTIONget.sci
> line 284 )
> at line    31 of function atomsIsPackage      (
> /usr/share/scilab/modules/atoms/macros/atoms_internals/atomsIsPackage.sci
> line 47 )
> at line    69 of function atomsInstallList    (
> /usr/share/scilab/modules/atoms/macros/atoms_internals/atomsInstallList.sci
> line 108 )
> at line   233 of function atomsInstall        (
> /usr/share/scilab/modules/atoms/macros/atomsInstall.sci line 249 )
>
> atomsDESCRIPTIONget: save
> ('/home/chris/.Scilab/scilab-6.0.1/.atoms/packages') has failed.
>
> I dont know if its significant or not, but in
> /usr/share/scilab/modules/atoms/etc/ , in the "repositories" text file, the
> url for the atoms repository for 6.0 (https://atoms.scilab.org/6.0/)
> returns
> a 443 forbidden error.
>
> Its late here but the next thing on my list to do tomorrow is to download
> the package zips manually and installing via atomsInstall('pathtozip').
>
>
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