[Scilab-users] Cannot start Scilab 6.1.1

[Stéphane Mottelet]

Hi Stefan,

Did you try to google with

"libtinfo.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

There is a bunch of possible fixes. did you try :

sudo apt install libtinfo5

?

S.

Le 29/03/2022 à 15:32, Stefan Du Rietz a écrit :
> Hello all,
> I am trying to get Scilab 6.1.1 running in a new Computer (Xubuntu 
> Linux 20-04, nVidia T-600 with proprietary driver) from 
> scilab-6.1.1.bin.linux-x86_64.tar.gz in the same way as in another 
> computer with the same OS but with Java 8,
>
> But when I try to start from the terminal:
>
> stefan at LenovoTS:/usr/local/scilab/scilab-6.1.1$ ./bin/scilab &
> [1] 261325
> stefan at LenovoTS:/usr/local/scilab/scilab-6.1.1$ X Error of failed 
> request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  152 (GLX)
>   Minor opcode of failed request:  24 (X_GLXCreateNewContext)
>   Value in failed request:  0x0
>   Serial number of failed request:  110
>   Current serial number in output stream:  111
> scilab-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: 
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> I have uninstalled Java 11 and installed Java 8 to no avail.
>
> If I install Scilab from Ubuntu repositories with
>
>   $ sudo apt install scilab
>
> I get a working version 6.1.0 (including graphics!), except for 
> Preferences in both command window and Scinotes! So I can't change 
> font in either of them.
>
> Can anybody help?
>
> Regards
> Stefan
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