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Scilab version 2.2
******************
29 February 1996
******************************************************************************
INSTALLATION GUIDE
******************************************************************************
0 - COPYRIGHT NOTICE
********************
To use Scilab, you need to fill and return the end of the file notice.tex
or notice.ps (postscript file). You may use email.
******************************************************************************
In the following, all the paths are relative to the Scilab directory
(scilab-2.2 directory).
I - TO INSTALL SCILAB
*********************
A - IF YOU HAVE A COMPILED VERSION
----------------------------------
Simply do, in Scilab directory:
make
B - IF YOU HAVE A SOURCE VERSION
--------------------------------
This distribution has been tested on the following machines:
HP9000, SUN Sparcstation (Sun OS and Solaris 5.*), IBM RS6000, DEC mips,
DEC alpha, SGI (IRIX 5.2) and PC linux (a.out and ELF).
You need X Window (X11R4, X11R5 or X11R6), Athena Widgets libraries,
C compiler and fortran compiler.
1 - Configure your system by issuing the following command in the Scilab
directory:
./configure
This will create modify a few Makefile and other files for your system.
You can give options to configure command, see below.
2 - Do in the Scilab directory:
make all
This will compile Scilab and set everything.
Configure options:
------------------
-enable-debug: compile with "-g" option and don't optimize
-with-gcc: use gcc C compiler (note that the compilation options
have not been tested on all machines, see C below)
-with-g77: use g77 fortran compiler (note that the compilations
options have not been tested on all machines, see C below)
-with-gnu: use gcc C compiler and g77 fortran compiler (note that
the compilation options have not been tested on all machines,
see C below)
-with-local-Xaw: compile and use Athena Widgets libraries given
with Scilab (don't use then for X11R4); configure chooses local
Athena Widgets library when needed, so the use of this option is not
recommanded (see below KNOWN PROBLEMS 3).
C _ CHANGING THE COMPILATION OPTIONS (source version only)
------------------------------------
You may want to change the options used to compile Scilab, names of the
compilers, compilation options, linker options, and so on; you can easily
do that.
The main Makefile of Scilab includes "Makefile.incl" and
"Makefile.<machine>":
"Makefile.incl" contains all the compilation options
"Makefile.<machine>" is only used for the link of the executable
"scilex" of Scilab
The file "Makefile.incl" is included by all the Makefiles of the
distribution, so it is THE place where you can change compilation
options (it is self documented).
Note that "Makefile.incl" is automatically generated by "configure"
from "Makefile.incl.in", so your modifications of "Makefile.incl" are
discarded every time you run "configure".
Users knowing the way "configure" works may want to modify directly the
"configure" file.
Even more, users knowing the way "autoconf" works may want to modify
the "configure.in" file and then run "autoconf" (version 2.7) to generate
the "configure" file.
D - CUSTOMIZING YOUR SCILAB
---------------------------
1 - If you want to recompile Scilab after modifications, execute only
the "make all" command in Scilab directory (source version only).
If you want to clean all executable, object files and libraries
and then recompile Scilab, execute the following commands
(source version only):
make distclean
make all
2 - To print your postscript figures you may need to modify
the function "macros/xdess/xbasimp.sci" to specify
your default printer.
3 - Note that the functions "macros/util/edit" and
"macros/util/manedit" assume that your default editor
is emacs. You may change this (or explicitly specify your
editor when you invoke these functions).
4 - COLOR RESOURCES: if you want to change the colors of your
customization you need to modify the files in the subdirectory
X11_defaults (essentially the Xscilab file) or to copy the same
color resources in your personal resource file (home directory).
******************************************************************************
II - KNOWN PROBLEMS
*******************
0 - Note that C routines are not ANSI.
1 - If there is something wrong when you open the scilab window
check your .Xdefault file.
2 - The fortran compiler version 1.3.1 of SUN Sparcstations has a bug:
reading or writing (with implicit loop) arrays bigger than 4096
elements does not work. This may cause Scilab to abort.
The solution is to upgrade your fortran compiler, for instance get
version 1.4 (or use version 1.3.1 with object file "recio.o" from
newer version).
3 - Athena Widgets libraries libXaw.a and libXmu.a (and corresponding
include files) are not systematically provided in some X11
installations. If you are under X11R5 or X11R6, these libraries are
provided for convenience with Scilab.
"configure" tries first to find existing Athena Widgets libraries.
If none are found and X Window release is not X11R4, it uses
local Athena Widgets libraries. Otherwise an error is issued.
You can impose the use of local Athena Widgets libraries by using
the option "-with-local-Xaw" with "configure".
On IBM RS6000 there exists a compatibility problem between the
X11-Mit distribution and the IBM version. If your system runs the IBM
X11 release you must use the IBM libXaw.a and libXmu.a libraries.
4 - For DEC ALPHA station you must use the 3.4 version of the fortran
compiler (the 3.3 version aborts on floating point exceptions).
You are encouraged to use the OSF 3.0 system release and the fortran
3.5 release (the incremental link works fine as well as all the
floating point exceptions).
5 - For Dec MIPS Ultrix, programs to be incrementally linked should be
compiled with the option "-G 0".
6 - If you have any problem or suggestion to improve Scilab
send him an email:
Scilab@inria.fr
******************************************************************************
III - TO RUN SCILAB
*******************
Run Scilab by executing "scilab" (shell script in bin).
If the name of the directory of Scilab distribution is not the same on
your machine than on the machine where Scilab was installed, define the
environment variable SCI to point to the directory of Scilab distribution.
In a sh like shell, do:
SCI=<name of the directory>
export SCI
In a csh like shell, do:
setenv SCI <name of the directory>
******************************************************************************
IV - DOCUMENTATION
******************
In addition to Scilab online documentation (obtained by typing "help item" or
"apropos keyword" or clicking on the help button), you will find
compressed postscript documentation by anonymous ftp on
"ftp.inria.fr:/INRIA/Projects/Meta2/Scilab/doc" (internet# 192.93.2.54).
Internals.ps.Z
Intersci.ps.Z
Intro.ps.Z
Lmi.ps.Z
Manual.ps.Z
Metanet.ps.Z
Signal.ps.Z
******************************************************************************
V - CONTENT OF THE DIRECTORIES
******************************
scilab.star: startup file for Scilab: instructions in this file
are executed when Scilab is executed. Note that
you can also have your own startup file ".scilab"
in your current directory.
configure.in: used by "autoconf 2.7" to generate "configure"
configure:
Makefile.incl.in: the file used by configure to generate Makefile.incl.
Makefile.incl: the file included by all Makefile. It is automatically
generated by configure.
Path.incl: contains the scilab directory pathname. It is included by
scripts/Makefile. This file is automatically generated by
configure.
Version.incl: contains the scilab version. It is included by a few Makefile.
Makefile.in: the file used by configure to generate Makefile.
Makefile: the main Makefile to make Scilab. It is automatically generated by
configure.
Makefile.<host>: Makefile included by main Makefile. It depends on the host
and is used to created the executable bin/scilex.
config/ : directory used by configure
demos/ : demos directory. Some of the demos can be executed by clicking
on the "demos" button.
macros/ : functions directory: this directory is divided into
subdirectories corresponding to specific topics
(control, polynomials,...). Each subdirectory contains
the source code of the macros (files *.sci).
xmetanet/ : Metanet routines.
geci/ : Geci (interprocess communication tool) routines.
libs/ : directory of libraries: archives of object files needed
to link Scilab.
routines/ : directory of fortran or C routines. Divided into subdirectories
(see below).
doc/ : directory of documentation. Usually LaTeX files.
man/ : man files and LaTeX manual.
tests/ : set of exec files to test Scilab.
util/ : useful routines and ASCII files to manage Scilab.
bin/ : executable code and scripts.
scilab : shell-script to call Scilab and miscellaneous tools
execute scilab -help scilab for help.
scilex : executable code of Scilab.
minfopr : shell script called by scilab -macro.
scilink : shell script called by scilab -link.
intersci: generator of interface program between Scilab and
routines.
intersci/ : Generator of interface program between Scilab and routines.
maple/ : Maple code to link Maple with Scilab.
******************************************************************************
VI - TO CREATE YOUR OWN CUSTOMIZED SCILAB
*****************************************
----------------------------------
USE YOUR OWN ROUTINES IN SCILAB
----------------------------------
Directory routines
stack.h : this file is included in many fortran programs of subdirectories
of "routines".
Directory routines/default
matusr.f : interface to add your own commands to Scilab (see the help for
"user" command).
interf.f :interface for fast call to a fortran routine (see the "fort"
command and the "link" command)
Other routines in this directory are used to interface external fortran
routines for use with the functions ode (non linear simulation), optim (non
linear optimization), intg (definite integrals), impl (implicit systems) and
schur (schur form with ordering defined by a fortran routine).
To use your own routines you need to replace the
code .o in the directory routines/default by your own code, or use
shell command "scilab -link <object-files>" (type "scilab -help" for
help).
******************************************************************************
VII - ORIGIN OF CODE
********************
The contribution of many people is acknowledged (the following list
is not exhaustive!).
X11G : Scilab graphic routines by Jean-Philippe Chancelier (Cergrene Enpc).
calelm : BLAS + low level routines (INRIA).
control: LINPACK + EISPACK + INRIA routines.
dsubsp and exchnqz : Paul van Dooren.
rpoly : copyrighted by the ACM (alg. 493), which grants
general permission to distribute provided
the copies are not made for direct commercial advantage.
lybsc, lydsr, lybad,sydsr and sybad are adapted from SLICE
(M. Denham).
sszer: Emami-naeini, A. and van Dooren, P. (Automatica paper).
syhsc: G.Golub, S.Nash, C.van Loan, Stanford University.
rilac, ricd : A. Laub.
dexpm1, pade, dclmat, coef, cerr, wexpm1, wpade, wclmat: J. Roche.
polmc: adapted from P.Hr. Petkov, Sofia, Bulgaria.
bdiag: adapted from Bavely and Stewart.
ereduc,fstair: T. Beelen, P. Van Dooren.
default: Scilab routines (INRIA) for the user.
dld : is a library package of C functions that performs "dynamic link
editing" from Wilson Ho (how@cs.ucdavis.edu). It is used on
the linux version of scilab.
dynamic: Scilab routines for dynamic interfacing (INRIA).
integ : routines from Odepack and Quadpack.
dassl: L. Petzold (LLNL).
hybrd: Minpack (ANL).
interf : Scilab interface with numerical libraries (INRIA).
metanet: routines for network analysis (Metanet, INRIA).
optim : optimization routines (Modulopt library, INRIA).
quapro: E. Casas Renteria & C. Pola Mendez (Universidad de Cantabria).
semidef: L. Vandenberghe- S. Boyd code (sp.c, see copyright notice in
/routines/optim).
poly : Scilab polynomial library (INRIA).
signal : routines from IEEE Signal processing library.
sparse : Sparse 1.3 by Kenneth S. Kundert, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli and
the University of California (see Copyright notice in programs of
the "sparse" directory). Some operations are taken from
TOMS 408 and 601.
sun : system specific Scilab routines.
link.c is originated from a program written by Michael Fan and
provided by Andre Tits (University of Maryland).
zzledt.c is from Mitchell and Gauthier ass.
system : basic routines of Scilab interpreter (INRIA). Inspired by
"classic" Matlab of C. Moler.
system2: low level Scilab routines (INRIA).
X11 : optionnal Xaw and Xmu routines (from mit X11 distribution)
xless : Xless
xsci : top level window and utilities using code from : xterm, xxgdb, xfig
combined and modified by JPChancelier.
xwindow: Scilab menus (INRIA).
geci : interprocess communication tool made by CalICo group from
LaBRI (University of Bordeaux I, France).
******************************************************************************
THAT'S ALL FOLKS
******************************************************************************