[Scilab-users] Run Scilab 6.0.2 on OSX Catalina

[Stéphane Mottelet]

Hello,

I have prepared a small Applescript application  enabling the current 
JDK to run Scilab on OSX Catalina at the url

http://www.utc.fr/˜mottelet/java/enableJDK.dmg

This application automates the fix we already discussed in this ML. If I 
summarize the necessary steps to run Scilab under Catalina, you have to:

1-download and install a JDK (not a JRE), e.g. 
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html 
(more recent versions should also work, tests are welcome...)

2-download and run the enableJDK script (you will have to allow its 
execution in system preferencences)

The fix provided by enableJDK is neither specific to Scilab nor specific 
to OSX Catalina. It will allow any application using Java thru JNI to 
run with your current JDK, without having to use the Apple 
legacy/obsolete Java 6 (https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1572).

Enjoy !

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Stéphane Mottelet
Ingénieur de recherche
EA 4297 Transformations Intégrées de la Matière Renouvelable
Département Génie des Procédés Industriels
Sorbonne Universités - Université de Technologie de Compiègne
CS 60319, 60203 Compiègne cedex
Tel : +33(0)344234688
http://www.utc.fr/~mottelet