[Scilab-users] Problem starting scilab on Ubuntu 18.04

[Jeffrey Layton]

Antoine,

I added the Scilab list back to the thread in case anyone else has this
problem.

I agree with you. the Ubuntu packages do NOT work. I will try downloading
from Scilab.org.

Thank you for your suggestion!

Jeff


On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 6:12 AM Antoine Monmayrant <
antoine.monmayrant at laas.fr> wrote:

> Hello Jeff,
> It seems I have the same problem (see below).
> I just don't use the version provided by apt-get and install directly the
> one available on scilab.org (6.1).
> I assume this is a bug for the maintainer of the package for ubuntu, no?
> Does anyone know how to report it?
>
> Antoine
>
> //// CRASH LOG ////
>
> /usr/bin/scilab
> Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS:
> -Djava.class.path=/usr/share/java/flexdock.jar:/usr/share/java/skinlf.jar:/usr/share/java/looks.jar:/usr/share/java/commons-logging.jar:/usr/share/java/jhall.jar:/usr/share/java/lucene-core-4.10.4.jar:/usr/share/java/lucene-analyzers-common-4.10.4.jar:/usr/share/java/lucene-queryparser-4.10.4.jar:/usr/share/maven-repo/org/freehep/freehep-util/debian/freehep-util-debian.jar:/usr/share/maven-repo/org/freehep/freehep-io/debian/freehep-io-debian.jar:/usr/share/maven-repo/org/freehep/freehep-graphicsio/debian/freehep-graphicsio-debian.jar:/usr/share/java/freehep-graphicsio-emf-2.1.jar:/usr/share/java/freehep-graphics2d-2.1.1.jar:/usr/share/java/jrosetta-API.jar:/usr/share/java/jrosetta-engine-1.0.4.jar:/usr/share/java/jgraphx.jar:/usr/share/java/jogl2.jar:/usr/share/java/gluegen2-rt.jar:/usr/share/java/jeuclid-core.jar:/usr/share/java/jlatexmath-fop-1.0.7.jar:/usr/share/java/fop.jar:/usr/share/java/saxon.jar:/usr/share/java/batik.jar:/usr/share/java/xml-apis-ext.jar:/usr/share/java/commons-io.jar:/usr/share/java/xmlgraphics-commons.jar:/usr/share/java/avalon-framework.jar:/usr/share/java/jlatexmath-1.0.7.jar:/usr/share/java/ecj.jar:/usr/share/java/javax.activation.jar:/usr/share/java/jaxb-runtime.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/action_binding/jar/org.scilab.modules.action_binding.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/helptools/jar/scilab_ru_RU_help.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/helptools/jar/org.scilab.modules.helptools.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/helptools/jar/scilab_en_US_help.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/helptools/jar/scilab_images.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/types/jar/org.scilab.modules.types.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/graphic_objects/jar/org.scilab.modules.graphic_objects.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/xcos/jar/org.scilab.modules.xcos.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/jvm/jar/org.scilab.modules.jvm.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/ui_data/jar/org.scilab.modules.ui_data.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/javasci/jar/org.scilab.modules.javasci.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/renderer/jar/org.scilab.modules.renderer.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/history_browser/jar/org.scilab.modules.history_browser.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/external_objects_java/jar/org.scilab.modules.external_objects_java.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/scirenderer/jar/scirenderer.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/completion/jar/org.scilab.modules.completion.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/graph/jar/org.scilab.modules.graph.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/preferences/jar/org.scilab.modules.preferences.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/history_manager/jar/org.scilab.modules.history_manager.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/console/jar/org.scilab.modules.console.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/localization/jar/org.scilab.modules.localization.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/gui/jar/org.scilab.modules.gui.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/core/jar/org.scilab.modules.core.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/graphic_export/jar/org.scilab.modules.graphic_export.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/scinotes/jar/org.scilab.modules.scinotes.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/commons/jar/org.scilab.modules.commons.jar:
> WARNING: An illegal reflective access operation has occurred
> WARNING: Illegal reflective access by org.scilab.modules.jvm.LibraryPath (
> file:/usr/share/scilab/modules/jvm/jar/org.scilab.modules.jvm.jar) to
> field java.lang.ClassLoader.sys_paths
> WARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of
> org.scilab.modules.jvm.LibraryPath
> WARNING: Use --illegal-access=warn to enable warnings of further illegal
> reflective access operations
> WARNING: All illegal access operations will be denied in a future release
> Could not access to the Main Scilab Class:
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
>         at org.scilab.modules.localization.Messages.gettext(Unknown Source)
>         at org.scilab.modules.commons.xml.XConfiguration.<clinit>(Unknown
> Source)
>         at org.scilab.modules.core.Scilab.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
> Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
>         at
> java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:2646)
>         at java.base/java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:830)
>         at java.base/java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1870)
>         at org.scilab.modules.localization.MessagesJNI.<clinit>(Unknown
> Source)
>         ... 3 more
>
> Scilab cannot create Scilab Java Main-Class (we have not been able to find
> the main Scilab class. Check if the Scilab and thirdparty packages are
> available).
>
>
> On 05/05/2020 18:03, Jeffrey Layton wrote:
>
> Good afternoon,
>
> I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 and I just installed scilab using
>
> $ sudo apt-get install scilab
>
> It looks to be version 6.0.1-7.  I can run the CLI but when I try to run
> the GUI using
>
> $ scilab
>
> I get an error (show below). Any pointers? I tried Googling but didn't see
> anything related to this.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jeff
>
>
> WARNING: An illegal reflective access operation has occurred
> WARNING: Illegal reflective access by org.scilab.modules.jvm.LibraryPath (
> file:/usr/share/scilab/modules/jvm/jar/org.scilab.modules.jvm.jar) to
> field java.lang.ClassLoader.sys_paths
> WARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of
> org.scilab.modules.jvm.LibraryPath
> WARNING: Use --illegal-access=warn to enable warnings of further illegal
> reflective access operations
> WARNING: All illegal access operations will be denied in a future release
> Could not access to the Main Scilab Class:
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
> at org.scilab.modules.localization.Messages.gettext(Unknown Source)
> at org.scilab.modules.commons.xml.XConfiguration.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
> at org.scilab.modules.core.Scilab.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
> Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
> at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:2646)
> at java.base/java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:830)
> at java.base/java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1870)
> at org.scilab.modules.localization.MessagesJNI.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
> ... 3 more
>
> Scilab cannot create Scilab Java Main-Class (we have not been able to find
> the main Scilab class. Check if the Scilab and thirdparty packages are
> available).
>
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