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Cavs85
Cavs85

Reputation: 31

Scilab 5.5.2 doesn't work on Mac OS X 10.11

I try to run Scilab 5.5.2 on Mac OS X after the update to 10.11 version and an alert feedback pop up with this text "This version of Scilab will probably fail on this system (10.11): Scilab requires 10.6.5 (Snow Leopard) or newer system."

I try to reinstall the scilab application and the JVM v8 update 60, but no improvement happened.

How can I fix the problem?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6584

Answers (3)

sp00m
sp00m

Reputation: 48817

One of the comments here proposes to run the following command:

cp /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib /Applications/scilab-5.5.2.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/thirdparty/

Worked successfully for me.

Upvotes: 0

dew
dew

Reputation: 1

I followed the above instruction by installing legacy v6 Java. Then I launched Scilab and got the same result. It still did not work.

So I dragged Scilab icon to the trash can and reinstalled. I could make it work that way.

Upvotes: 0

rob
rob

Reputation: 105

I got Scilab 5.5.2 working on my Mac with OS X 10.11 by doing the following:

  1. Installed the Scilab 5.5.2 version recommended for OS X 10.10 Yosemite
  2. Installed the legacy v6 Java, found here on the Apple Support website (no need to remove Java v8)
  3. Starting Scilab gives the warning "This version of Scilab will probably fail on this system (10.11): Scilab requires 10.6.5 (Snow Leopard) or newer system.", but choosing the option "Try anyway" Scilab opens, and runs without any issues

Upvotes: 0

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