Comments on: How to install Scilab-5.1 on Ubuntu LInux

By: anil

anil — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:31:46 +0000

hi,
this is good.

By: bigbrovar

bigbrovar — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:31:28 +0000

One (the latter) is for 64bit systems while the other (former) is for 32 bit system. If you are running a 32bit version of ubuntu that stick to the former

By: Peter Hinow

Peter Hinow — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:28:19 +0000

actually, my last question is moot. I had to download scilab-5.1.1.bin.linux-i686.tar.gz, not scilab-5.1.1.bin.linux-x86_64.tar.gz. I don’t know what is the problem with the latter.

By: bigbrovar

bigbrovar — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 +0000

it should be ./ not sh

By: Peter Hinow

Peter Hinow — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:03:27 +0000

Hi,
I have a problem on my laptop (Ubuntu 8.04) with scilab 5.1.1. When I try to run scilab I get
… sh scilab
…/bin/scilab-bin: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting “)”)
What could be the reason for this?

By: jemiro

jemiro — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:12:25 +0000

thx 4 tutorial!! it easy to understand,,btw could we install in other distro “Slackware”?? please email me! im realy newbie! T,T

By: Bigbrovar

Bigbrovar — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:30:15 +0000

Oh am glad it worked for you, thanks for the feed back

By: John Seales

John Seales — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:48:09 +0000

@bigbrovar That was the best installation instructions I have ever used. You were really clear and thorough. If it weren’t for you I would be scratching my head for weeks, most likely.

By: reddove

reddove — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:46:35 +0000

thank you very much, that was really helpful

By: Bigbrovar

Bigbrovar — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:24:13 +0000

Am glad that it worked for you .. we all learn everyday