Changing the temporary folder / file path for maxima running on Windows
Subject: Changing the temporary folder / file path for maxima running on Windows
From: Robert Dodier
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:00:29 +0000 (UTC)
On 2013-01-17, Shubert, Gary J <gary.j.shubert at lmco.com> wrote:
> I am trying to use the latest version of maxima (5.28.0-2) to execute
> the equations in a parametric model created with the IBM Rhapsody
> modeling tool supported with the PCE profile.
> I am able to set my preferences for maxima to point to the location
> containing the executable. When I open my constraint view, PCE tries
> to launch maxima and it appears that the maxima Setup tries to create
> a temporary folder / file under the Windows directory. I receive the
> following error message:
>
> "Setup was unable to create the directory "C:\WINDOWS\is-I6HDO.temp Error 5: Access is denied"
Gary, I'm not sure what's going on here, but it sounds like you are
trying to execute the Maxima installer instead of the Maxima
application. The .exe which you download is a self-unpacking installer
which you execute just once to put Maxima into C:\Program Files or
whatever. What should be executed by Rhapsody is maxima.bat within the
Maxima installation folder (C:\Program Files\Maxima-5.28.0 or
something).
Hope this helps,
Robert Dodier