Many thanks, Javier. Your instructions have filled me with hope.
However, I am still stuck at the stage when I'm supposed to run wxMaxima for the first time. I get an error message saying that wxMaxima is not supported in this system. Also, the icon for wxMaxima is different than what appears in your screen shots -- on my mac there is a big circle with a slash through it, as in a "do not enter" sign. I wonder if there is a list of system requirements that I missed.
I am running Mac OS X v.10.4.11 and trying to use wxMaxima v.0.8.5.
Do I need to go to an earlier version of wxMaxima?
Thanks again,
Jorge
-----Original Message-----
From: Javier Arantegui [mailto:javier.arantegui at gmail.com]
Sent: Wed 5/25/2011 6:33 PM
To: Jorge Calvo
Cc: maxima at math.utexas.edu
Subject: Re: [Maxima] Installing Maxima on MacOS X
Hi!
I wrote a guide to install Maxima and wxMaxima in a Mac OS X machine
some weeks ago. The steps are quite easy to follow (if you can
understand Spanish...). The guide is here:
http://www.faq-mac.mobi/41547/instalacion-maximawxmaxima-mac-javier-arantegui
I hope it helps.
Javier
On Wednesday, May 25, 2011, Jorge Calvo <Jorge.Calvo at avemaria.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello. ?I know that a couple of people have asked about this recently, but I am still confused. ?I tried looking at Stuart Schmitt's page (http://pangea.stanford.edu/~schmitt/maxima.html) for help, but I can't tell which steps apply to the new install method (from the latest .dmg file) and which apply only to the old install method (from the .tar.gz files).
>
> Here is where I am at:
> 1. I have the downloaded CMUCL and it appears to be running correctly.
> 2. I have downloaded and expanded the latest .dmg file.
> 3. I have copied maxima.app, wxMaxima.app, and Gnuplot.app to the Aplications folder.
>
> I suppose this means that I am done with step 6 in Scmitt's instructions, but I don't know how to interpret the commands in the next step. ?In particular, I get errors when I try to "configure" and "make".
>
> Thanks for your assistance!
>
> Jorge
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