On Wed, 11 May 2011, Paul Bowyer wrote:
< Hello list:
<
< I have maxima-5.23.2 installed on my PCLinuxOS system, callable from
< "/usr/bin/xmaxima"
< and I just used git to download and install maxima-5-24post to ~/MaximaTest
< where it created:
< ~/MaximaTest/bin
< ~/MaximaTest/lib
< ~/MaximaTest/libexec
< ~/MaximaTest/share
<
< If I cd to ~/MaximaTest/bin and run ./maxima -l <lisp> , I am able to run the
< local copy of maxima-5-24post in a shell and it finds and uses the lisp
< dialect I provide.
<
< If I cd to ~/MaximaTest/bin and run ./xmaxima -l <lisp>, it calls xmaxima for
< maxima-5-23-2 and will not allow me to run the local copy of xmaxima.
If you are typing ./xmaxima, then this must be the script in $PWD.
Do you mean that this script is calling maxima-5-23-2 or did you
type 'xmaxima' and omit the leading './' ?
<
< I tried:
< export PATH="~/MaximaTest/bin;~/MaximaTest/lib;~/MaximaTest/libexec;"$PATH
I don't know if this will fix your problem, but the individual paths
should be separated by colons, not semi-colons.
Leo
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