Dear Jorge,
Are you using a PPC Mac? As far I know the compiled version of
wxMaxima is intel only. In that case, a possible solution could be to
compile it yourself using Fink. It takes some time to do it but it's
not very difficult.
Yours,
Javier
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Jorge Calvo <Jorge.Calvo at avemaria.edu> wrote:
> 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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