How to install/launch Scilab?

Hello!

I have downloaded Scilab (a very similar Matlab tool) but I don't know why it doesn't work. I have Linux Linpus. I'm going to say to you what I've done:

I have downloaded from the official webpage the Scilab 5.0.1. The file .tar.gz (binary versio). I extracted it with Winrar (crossover adaptation) and go to the termianl to do the last step: bin/scilab. I says to me when I do that: bash: bin/scilab: permission denied. What can I do?

Thank you very much!

 

#1 try installing with the package manager if it is in there
#2 don't use winrar to unpack a tarball.
tar xvzf <file-name>.tar.gz
ls -l bin/scilab shows permissions. read up about linux permissions. if you unpacked it with winrar, it may not have left the executable bits on.

 

Thank you, it works, but when I'm going to use Scicos (similar to simulink) it doens't work. and after that, I have to close scilab and it doesn't let me open again...