[Scilab-users] Run Scilab 6.0.2 on OSX Catalina

[Stéphane Mottelet]

Sorry, there was a typo error (wrong tilda) in the URL, the valid one is

https:/www.utc.fr/~mottelet/java/enableJDK.dmg

S.

Le 28/11/2019 à 10:51, Stéphane Mottelet a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I have prepared a small Applescript application  enabling the current 
> JDK to run Scilab on OSX Catalina at the url
>
> https://antispam.utc.fr/proxy/1/c3RlcGhhbmUubW90dGVsZXRAdXRjLmZy/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://antispam.utc.fr/proxy/2/c3RlcGhhbmUubW90dGVsZXRAdXRjLmZy/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://antispam.utc.fr/proxy/2/c3RlcGhhbmUubW90dGVsZXRAdXRjLmZy/support.apple.com/kb/dl1572).
>
> Enjoy !
>
-- 
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