RE : installer for maxima with ccl on windows

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:28 AM, laurent couraud <l.couraud at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De?: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu [mailto:maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu] De la part de
>> Andrej Vodopivec
>> Envoy??: lundi 28 f?vrier 2011 06:43
>> ??: Dan Stanger
>> Cc?: Maxima - list
>> Objet?: Re: [Maxima] installer for maxima with ccl on windows
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>> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 3:39 AM, Dan Stanger <dan.stanger at ieee.org> wrote:
>> > Hello Andrej,
>> > I have tried to install on a Acer netbook I just bought, which runs Windows
>> > 7 starter. xMaxima started but failed to start maxima. When I ran the
>> > command line version I got the following:
>> >> Error: File "../bin/win_signals.lisp" does not exist.
>> >> While executing: CCL::%LOAD, in process listener(1).
>> >> Type :GO to continue, :POP to abort, :R for a list of available restarts.
>> >> If continued: Skip evaluation of (blockn (load "../bin/win_signals.lisp")
>> >> (cl-
>> > user::run))
>> >> Type :? for other options.
>> > 1 > :go
>> > Welcome to Clozure Common Lisp Version 1.7-dev-r14645M-trunk
>> > ?(WindowsX8632)!
>> >
>> > The command (pwd) returns Windows/System32, so it is starting from the wrong
>> > place. Also, when I tried to add the maxima image to the list of DEP
>> > programs to ignore, since the file is named maxima.image, (doesn't end with
>> > an .exe) the Windows browser does not find it.
>> > Would you remind me what the command line maxima is trying to execute, and I
>> > can continue to debug this.
>> > Thanks,
>> > Dan
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>> Hm, I think you did not download the latest version of the installer.
>> I guess my dropbox did not sync the files correctly. Please download
>> the installer again, this should be fixed now.
>>
>> Andrej
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> Hello,
> I try it too,
> Executing maxima.bat I saw this:
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> C:\Program Files\Maxima-ccl-5.23.2\bin>maxima.bat
> This CPU doesn't support the SSE2 instruction set
> CPU doesn't support required features
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> It seems CCL can be executed only on sufficiently new computer.

Yes, ccl requires a CPU with SSE2 support. I don't know how critical
this is. How old is your computer?

Andrej