Maxima-5.9.0.9beta2 failed to install on Slackware Linux

Thanks to both you and Valery. When installing gcl, I only ran
./configure, without specifying any option. This probably means, the
version I compiled is not ANSI GCL. Right? Should I reinstall GCL,
this time making sure to use --enable-ansi, or is there a way around?

Milan

Vadim V. Zhytnikov [11/08/04 10:13 +0400]:
> Milan Lukic writes:
> >I just tried to install (on Linux, Slackware 9.0) the beta2 version of 
> >Maxima from the source (tar.gz) file. It failed.
> >
> >1) I installed gcl-2.6.4 (before I had gcl-2.4.4)
> >2) Unpacked maxima-5.9.0.09beta2.tar.gz and ran "configure". Did not
> >see anything suspicious.
> >3) The "make" stopped within few seconds with the following message
> >
> >Making all in src
> >make[1]: Entering directory /tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2/src'
> >test -d binary-gcl || mkdir binary-gcl
> >test -d binary-gcl/numerical || mkdir binary-gcl/numerical
> >test -d binary-gcl/numerical/slatec || mkdir binary-gcl/numerical/slatec
> >gcl -batch -eval '(progn (load "../lisp-utils/defsystem.lisp") (funcall
> >(intern "OPERATE-ON-SYSTEM" :mk) "maxima" :compile :verbose t))' && \
> >gcl -batch -eval '(progn (load "../lisp-utils/defsystem.lisp") (funcall
> >(intern "OPERATE-ON-SYSTEM" :mk) "maxima" :load :verbose t) (when (fboundp
> >(quote si::sgc-on))(si::sgc-on t)) (si:save-system "binary-gcl/maxima"))'
> >
> >Error: "COMMON-LISP" is not of type (LISP:OR LISP:SYMBOL LISP:STRING ...).
> >Fast links are on: do (si::use-fast-links nil) for debugging
> >Error signalled by LISP:USE-PACKAGE.
> >Broken at LISP:USE-PACKAGE.  Type :H for Help.
> >MAKE>>:h (I did!)
> >Then tried :b and got 
> >
> >>>:b
> >
> >Backtrace: funcall > system:top-level > EVAL
> >NIL
> > Giving up!
> > :q
> > >(quit)
> >
> >;;; Surprise!!! Make continued the work and here is the last of several 
> >screens
> >of the output:
> >
> >make[1]: Nothing to be done for all'.
> >make[1]: Leaving directory /tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2/share'
> >Making all in demo
> >make[1]: Entering directory /tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2/demo'
> >make[1]: Nothing to be done for all'.
> >make[1]: Leaving directory /tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2/demo'
> >Making all in plotting
> >make[1]: Entering directory /tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2/plotting'
> >rm -f omplotdata && \
> >        cat header.tcl ../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Constants.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Macros.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Plotting.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Private.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Getopt.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Parse.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Textinsert.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Printops.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Push.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Plotconf.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Adams.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Rk.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Plotdf.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Plot2d.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Matrix.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Plot3d.tcl
> >../interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/NPlot3d.tcl footer.tcl  > omplotdata && \
> >        chmod +x omplotdata
> >	make[1]: Leaving directory 
> >	/tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2/plotting'
> >	make[1]: Entering directory /tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2'
> >	make[1]: Nothing to be done for all-am'.
> >	make[1]: Leaving directory /tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2'
> >	
> >;;;;Then I ran "make check".
> >First, it broke the same way as above, so I exited with :q then (quit); it
> >happened one more time, so I did the same. Finally, it returned to "make"
> >and produced
> >
> >make[1]: Leaving directory /tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2/src'
> >Making check in lisp-utils
> >make[1]: Entering directory /tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2/lisp-utils'
> >make[1]: Nothing to be done for check'.
> >make[1]: Leaving directory /tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2/lisp-utils'
> >Making check in tests
> >make[1]: Entering directory /tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2/tests'
> >echo "Running test suite with gcl..."; \
> >/bin/sh ../maxima-local --lisp=gcl --batch-string="run_testsuite();" <
> >/dev/null
> >Running test suite with gcl...
> >/tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2/src/maxima: line 124:
> >/tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2/src/binary-gcl/maxima: No such file or
> >directory
> >/tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2/src/maxima: line 124: exec:
> >/tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2/src/binary-gcl/maxima: cannot execute: No
> >such file or directory
> >make[1]: *** [check-gcl] Error 126
> >make[1]: Leaving directory /tmp/Installs/maxima-5.9.0.9beta2/tests'
> >make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
> >
> >BTW, my attempt last year to install maxima-5.9.0 on this same Linux
> >system from the tar.gz did not work either. At that time, I used the
> >rpm file which I converted to .tgz and installed using Slackware's
> >Installpkg. This time, since this is a beta version, I hope it might
> >be useful to try to understand the problem at hand.
> >
> >Milan
> >	 
> >  
> 
> Are you sure you are using ANSI GCL - the one built with --enable-ansi 
> option?
> 
> -- 
>      Vadim V. Zhytnikov
> 
>      <vvzhy@netorn.ru>
>