On 4/12/12 12:09 PM, Stavros Macrakis wrote:
> I am new to the Mac, and trying to get my bearings....
>
> In particular, I'm trying to install Maxima on Mac OS X 10.7.3 (is
> that = OS X.7.3 = OS 10.7.3?
Yes.
> ). The page about downloads on sourceforge
> <http://maxima.sourceforge.net/download.html>; gives no advice for
> Macs. The Sourceforge download page
> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files/>; does include a
> Maxima-MacOS directory, but as far as I can tell, that installs only
> wxMaxima as a Mac application. Which is fine except that it is
> nowhere mentioned that that is what it does. (See previous message
> about wxMaxima / Maxima confusion.)
>
> When you install wxMaxima from Sourceforge, there are someshell
> scripts hidden in /Applications/Maxima.app/Contents/Resources.
> maxima.sh seems to work as a simple command-line interface, without
> auto-adjustment of linel when window width changes (a good start). But
> xmaxima.sh gives errors ("Maxima data directory not found").
>
> The Maxima ports page at sourceforge
> <http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/maxima/index.php?title=Maxima_ports#MacOS_X>;
> has lots of information, but no recommendations. It says that Clisp,
> SBCL, and CMUCL are "A-OK", but doesn't say how to install them or
> Maxima on top of them. There are also links to things called Fink and
> MacPorts, which seem to be twisty mazes of little passages.
> Presumably I just need to install from source. I have no problem
> with that, but instructions would be nice, as I've never installed
> anything on a Mac from source. There must be some standard approach
> to dependency, source, and build management, but I'm afraid I don't
> know anything about those. Can someone help? I imagine there is
> some equivalent to Cygwin and I don't have to get down and dirty with
> ftp, gzip, tar, git, configure, make, etc.?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -s
>
Fink and Macports both provide dependency, source, and build management.
Disclaimer: I maintain maxima and wxmaxima for Fink.
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Alex Hansen