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== Scilab 5.2 ==
== Scilab 5.2 ==


Scilab 5.2 reached beta status in November 2009, however this has created a large number of new java dependencies that must be packaged to fully implement Scilab functionality
Scilab 5.2 reached beta status in November 2009, however this has created a large number of new java dependencies that must be packaged to fully implement Scilab functionality.
 
A preliminary SRPM is available  [http://dhd.selfip.com/427e/untested/scilab-5.2.0-1.beta1.fc10.src.rpm here].


=== Optional - GUI ===
=== Optional - GUI ===
Again, although optional a GUI is almost essential to basic scilab usage.


* ''jgraphx''  - Jgraphx is a graph (edge + vertcies) library for java ([https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537527 Review request]) This package is required for the XCos functionality in scilab
* ''jgraphx''  - Jgraphx is a graph (edge + vertcies) library for java ([https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537527 Review request]) This package is required for the XCos functionality in scilab

Revision as of 07:51, 14 November 2009

Introduction

Scilab is a package that provides a numerical analysis environment with a friendly graphical interface. This page provides information specific to the packaging of scilab for fedora as well as some of the dependencies that are currently unavailable through yum.

Status

A Scilab RPM has been proposed in Bugzilla (Bug 472639). This has not yet been approved and is awaiting several dependencies. The Scilab binary has been successfully built (locally) without online help, PVM or Matio.

Packaging

Scilab is currently not available in the fedora repositories, as a result of incomplete dependencies required for basic functionality. Notably a working jogl and gluegen RPM has not been generated to date (Nov. 2009). Several other packages for optional functionality are also not available.

Requirements

Scilab 5.1

To build a functional GUI, the following packages are required, these are not available in fedora repos at this time. These dependencies are listed below.

Java GUI

Package review for Gluegen + Jogl has stalled. Anyone is welcome to assist, however it requires identifying a working combination of jogl and gluegen.

Optional functionality

  • PVM -- PVM provides distributed computing functionality, this is obviously desirable in a numerical analysis package. PVM libraries are in the fedora repos. The .spec file provided with the scilab review request includes some (commented out) patches for PVM building, however these are incomplete as linker errors are caused during the build process. The patches for PVM are available here.

Scilab 5.2

Scilab 5.2 reached beta status in November 2009, however this has created a large number of new java dependencies that must be packaged to fully implement Scilab functionality.

A preliminary SRPM is available here.

Optional - GUI

Again, although optional a GUI is almost essential to basic scilab usage.

  • jgraphx - Jgraphx is a graph (edge + vertcies) library for java (Review request) This package is required for the XCos functionality in scilab

Optional - functionality

  • FITS - FITS java library. (mycae: I am unclear where the original home project for this is. There appears to be at least some projects here: http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_libraries.html)
  • net-cdf-java - (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/) This itself has a many java dependencies, many which are not available. Some may need to be checked for legal concerns. A quick examination of included .jar files in this projects "source" distribution shows the following might be required for packaging:
  • bounce-0.14.jar
  • casclient-2.1.1.jar [1]
  • catalina.jar
  • commons-fileupload-1.2.1.jar (jakarta-commons-fileupload?)
  • ehcache-1.6.0-beta3.jar [2]
  • je-3.3.62.jar
  • jpeg-1.0.jar
  • jpeg2000.jar
  • jstl.jar [3]
  • lucene-core-2.3.2.jar
  • slf4j-jdk14-1.5.6.jar [4]
  • slf4j-log4j12-1.5.6.jar
  • spring-2.5.jar
  • spring-test-2.5.jar
  • spring-webmvc-2.5.jar
  • standard.jar
  • stax-api-1.0.1.jar [5]
  • wstx-lgpl-3.2.5.jar [6]