Upgrading Scilab from 5.5.0 to 5.5.1

Question

Few days back I installed Scilab by command line

sudo apt-get install scilab

but it installed version 5.5.0 instead of the current one.
How can I install the latest one from command line?

Answer 1

You can install Scilab 5.5.1 by downloading the package directly for the scilab website and tar it on a location where you want to install scilab, using terminal window. Kindly follow the below steps

Linux 32 bits :

        $ wget http://www.scilab.org/download/5.5.1/scilab-5.5.1.bin.linux-i686.tar.gz
        $ cd <installation-path>
        $ tar xzvf scilab-5.5.1.bin.linux-i686.tar.gz # For 32 bits systems

Linux 64 bits :

        $ wget http://www.scilab.org/download/5.5.1/scilab-5.5.1.bin.linux-x86_64.tar.gz
        $ cd <installation-path>
        $ tar xzvf scilab-5.5.1.bin.linux-x86_64.tar.gz # For 64 bits systems

To launch Scilab:

    $ cd <scilab-path>/scilab-5.5.1
    $ ./bin/scilab