Trying to build Maxima



>>>>> "Joshua" == Joshua Scholar <joshscholar@yahoo.com> writes:

    Joshua> I'm trying to get to the point where I can build Maxima.
    Joshua> I'm using Windows 2000 and I've gotten as far as installing (or actually
    Joshua> reinstalling) mingw and msys.  I already had TCL and other stuff.

[snip]
    Joshua> make install1 "INSTALL_LIB_DIR=c:/gcl/lib/gcl-`cat majvers`.`cat minvers`"
    Joshua> "prefix=c:/gcl" "DESTDIR="
    Joshua> make[1]: Entering directory `/c/gcl'
    Joshua> mkdir -p c:/gcl/lib
    Joshua> mkdir -p c:/gcl/bin
    Joshua> mkdir -p c:/gcl/lib/gcl-2.5.0
    Joshua> mkdir: cannot create directory `c:/gcl/lib/gcl-2\001.5.0': No such file or
    Joshua> directory
    Joshua> make[1]: *** [install1] Error 1
    Joshua> make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/gcl'
    Joshua> make: *** [install] Error 2


    Joshua> Creating "c:/gcl/lib/gcl-2.5.0" by hand doesn't stop the error from

This looks like a gcl problem, not a maxima problem.  You might get
better help on the gcl mailing lists instead of maxima mailing lists.

Ray