Ubuntu
scilab package

  1. Bug #1362572
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 1362572

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Miguel Rubio-Roy (mrubioroy) wrote :

Ubuntu's version of Scilab runs well if Oracle's Java 7 JDK is used.

So, the WORKAROUND for this issue is:
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

Then two easy options (there are others):

1) You keep openjdk
you'll have to launch scilab in a terminal like this:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/
scilab

2) You uninstall openjdk
sudo dpkg --purge openjdk-7-jre default-jre openjdk-7-jre-headless default-jre-headless icedtea-7-jre-jamvm
then start scilab either in a terminal, using the icon or any other way