<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span>I created a local directory in my personal account: /home/rei/scilab</span></font></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><br><span></span></font></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span>Then I typed:</span></font></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><br><span></span></font></div><pre><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2">$ tar xzvf scilab-5.3.3.bin.linux-i686.tar.gz<br><br>And then it unzipped scilab package ... ok !<br><br>So, how can I execute it ? Scilab icon does not appear at "Application menu" (dash folder).<br><br>Tnx.<br>R.<br></font><br></pre><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div
style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De:</span></b> Bruno JOFRET <bruno.jofret@scilab-enterprises.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Para:</span></b> users@lists.scilab.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Enviadas:</span></b> Quarta-feira, 28 de Dezembro de 2011 11:28<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Assunto:</span></b> Re: [scilab-Users] Scilab 5.3.3 and Ubuntu 11.10<br> </font> <br><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id="yiv1917500228">
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On 12/28/2011 01:29 PM, Reinaldo wrote:
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In addition, in case I install Scilab manually in Ubuntu, which
is directory recommended to do it ?<br>
Is /usr/local/etc ? Or /usr/local/bin ? Or /home/[name of user]/
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Tnx.<br>
R<br>
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Hi, <br>
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Concerning installation process, you can find all needed
informations there :<br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wiki.scilab.org/howto/install/linux">http://wiki.scilab.org/howto/install/linux</a><br>
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The "recommended" directory depend on what kind of installation you
want to perform, for which user aso ...<br>
So try it from a local path as explained in the wiki page.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Bruno JOFRET
Software Architect
Scilab Enterprises
2 rue Jean Rostand
Parc Orsay Université
91893 cedex Orsay
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