Maxima fails to start as regular user (on Fedora 17)
Subject: Maxima fails to start as regular user (on Fedora 17)
From: Johnny
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:23:18 +0100
Robert Dodier <robert.dodier at gmail.com> writes:
> On 2012-10-08, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
>> Johnny wrote:
>>
>>> /builddir/.cache/common-lisp/sbcl-1.0.57-1.fc17-linux-
>> x86/home/johnny/quicklisp/quicklisp/package.fasl
>>
>> this seems to be source of the problem. Any clues what would try to
>> reference this seemingly odd directory starting @ /builddir ?
>
> Well, it appears to be a cache used by Quicklisp and/or SBCL. Looks like
> an environment variable which wasn't assigned a value??
>
I eventually found the culprit, having quicklist installed. Removing
(renaming) the .sbcl config file disables quicklisp and the problem
disapperars.
Thanks!
--
Johnny