Adam Majewski <adammaj1 at o2.pl> writes:
> (%i2) ? points;
> Maxima encountered a Lisp error:
> Couldn't load #P"/usr/share/info/./maxima-index.lisp": file does not
> exist.
> Automatically continuing.
> To enable the Lisp debugger set *debugger-hook* to nil.
> ;
> ; compilation unit aborted
> ; caught 1 fatal ERROR condition
>
> Maybe my Maxima failed
>
This sounds like an installation issue. Maxima looks in a path called
*maxima-infodir* (it's a lisp variable name) to find the file. To work
out where it's looking, try something like
(%i1) :lisp (print-directories)
maxima-prefix=/home/rupert/src/not-mine/maxima
...
maxima-infodir=/home/rupert/src/not-mine/maxima/doc/info
...
maxima-objdir=/home/rupert/src/not-mine/maxima/binary/binary-sbcl
I presume that yours is set to /usr/share/info. Looking at the code in
init-cl.lisp, this is probably because you (or your distribution)
compiled Maxima using autoconf with "--prefix /usr".
In which case, you either want to recompile with a different prefix
(including running ./configure again) or just run "make install", which
should stick the file where it's supposed to be. If, like me, you're
frequently updating the version you use, I suggest the former.
Rupert
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