problem installing maxima-5.19.1



On 8/24/09, Sheldon Newhouse <sen1 at math.msu.edu> wrote:

> 4. Now, make install
> /usr/bin/install -c /usr/bin/cmucl
> "/usr/local/lib/maxima/5.19.1/binary-cmucl/cmucl"
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `numerical/slatec/README', needed by
> `install-datafiles'.  Stop.

Hmm. I just tried make install and it works OK.
I guess src/numerical/slatec/README is missing, but I wonder why.
Did you unpack the files from a tar.gz ? or did you cvs update -dAP ?
Can you verify that the README file is actually missing?

Sorry I can't be more helpful,

Robert Dodier