Installing maxima on MacOS-X Leopard



Jean-Paul ROY wrote:
> Sheldon Newhouse wrote :
>
>  > You first have to have a lisp installed. Try:
>  > sudo port install sbcl
>
> This fails :
>
> ~$ sudo port install sbcl
> Password:
> --->  Building sbcl with target all
> Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command "unset
> LD_PREBIND && unset LD_PREBIND_ALLOW_OVERLAP && sh make.sh "/opt/local/
> var/macports/build/
> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync
> .macports.org_release_ports_lang_sbcl/work/sbcl-0.9.16-x86-darwin/src/
> runtime/sbcl --core /opt/local/var/macports/build/
> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync
> .macports.org_release_ports_lang_sbcl/work/sbcl-0.9.16-x86-darwin/
> output/sbcl.core --disable-debugger --sysinit /dev/null --userinit /
> dev/null" " returned error 127
> Command output: sh: make.sh: No such file or directory
>
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>
>      -jpr
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>   
OK,
 Try
   sudo fink install sbcl

Note: I am relatively new to Mac OS (I got a new MacBookPro, and I am 
trying to see if I can use it more effectively than my old Win-XP/Linux 
dual boot laptops).

When I first got it, I could not get fink to work to install sbcl, but 
port did.  I wonder if going to Leopard causes problems. 

 Just to see if things work, you can also try to install 'clisp' 
   My experience is that 'clisp' is much slower than 'sbcl'

 Do you have 'fink' installed?  I have had better luck with 'fink' than 
with 'DarwinPorts' in most cases.

Perhaps others with more experience on the list can help. 

Let me know by private email if none of these things work.

In that case, I'll try to remove my sbcl and reinstall it to see what 
happens.


-sen