richard noel fell <fell01@rcn.com> writes:
> I am using maxima on rehat 7.3 and just installed imaxima according
> to the instructions on its web page. After starting an emacs session
> and typing M-x imaxima, I get the error message "Cannot open load
> file:imaxima". I suppose this means emacs cannot find imaxima.
Yes, that's right.
>I have placed the imaxima directory in my home directory and compiled
>according to directions from the imaxima directory. The INSTALL notes
>say that the installation process is supposed to place files in
>/usr/local/bin.
The INSTALL file is just an auto generated "boiler plate" text.
Had there been any executables in the package, they would have been
placed in /usr/local/bin. As it happens there's only documentation and
Lisp files.
If you're using the default Redhat 7.3 version of GNU Emacs, I think
the files will be installed in either
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
or
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp
Whereever they were installed, it doesn't seem to be a place your Emacs
is looking. So, you'll need to add a line like this in you ~/.emacs
file:
(add-to-list 'load-path "/some/where/")
where "/some/where/" is a directory where the imaxima.el(c) and
imaxima.lisp files are present (this could just be the imaxima directory
in your home dir).
--
Cheers,
Jesper Harder