Hey Patrick: What you want to do is uninstall Scilab from Ubuntu, and hand install it.
This can be very easy, if you don't mind not having a shortcut in your start menu. I use Lubuntu, so the following directions should work for you, more or less (with the caviat that I'm no sysop). * Download the tar * Unpack it into your home directory someplace (I'd make a temporary directory, in the event of screwups: as I said, I'm a user, not a sysop). If you don't want to make it available to all users, stop -- just run scilab from the command line with <whatever>/scilab-5.5.1/bin/scilab. Otherwise: * Change ownership to root: sudo chown root:root --recursive scilab-5.5.1 * Move it someplace sensible sudo mv scilab-5.5.1 /usr/local/share * Put a script file somewhere in your path to invoke it from the command line. I put 'scilab' in /usr/local/bin; it reads: #!/bin/bash /usr/local/share/scilab-5.5.1/bin/scilab $* * You'll need to make the script file so that it's owned by root, and you'll need to make the script file executable. You can do this by: ** Go to the right directory and invoke leafpad as root: cd /usr/local/bin sudo leafpad scilab ** then copy the script I gave into the file, save and exit, and then mark it as executable: sudo chmod +x scilab At this point, you should be able to type 'scilab' at the command line, and have Scilab come up. On Tue, 2015-01-06 at 14:45 -0700, pkk wrote: > HI there, > > I've installed scilab on an udoo developting platform running lubuntu 12.04 > using: > > sudo apt-get install scilab > > which installs version 5.3.3. > > How can I upgrade scilab to the latest stable version 5.5.1 or alternatively > reinstall latest version. > > Any help is very much welcome. > > Thanks. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://mailinglists.scilab.org/installing-latest-scilab-5-5-1-version-on-udoo-tp4031606.html > Sent from the Scilab users - Mailing Lists Archives mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.scilab.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Tim Wescott www.wescottdesign.com Control & Communications systems, circuit & software design. Phone: 503.631.7815 Cell: 503.349.8432 _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.scilab.org/mailman/listinfo/users
