Maxima fails to run on Mac/SBCL (was Re: help)

> aberele at condor.depaul.edu writes:
>>> That's very odd. I'm not sure exactly what's going wrong: maybe you can
>>> help us isolate the problem a little further?
>>>
>>> Since you've got the sbcl version, could you try running something like
>>> the following?
>>>
>>>   sbcl --core /path/to/maxima.core --end-runtime-options --eval
>>> '(cl-user::run)'
>>
>> When you said run, I assume you meant in Terminal.  I got an error
>> message
>>
>> -bash:  sbcl:  command not found.
>>
>> Thank you for helping me.
>
> Yep, I meant the terminal. But it seems that sbcl isn't in your
> path. There are two things to check
>
>   (1) There are actually two different ways to build Maxima with
>       sbcl. One produces a file called maxima.core and the other
>       produces a file just called maxima. Either file will be upwards of
>       50mb. You'll need to check which version you've got.
>
>  (2a) Assuming that it is a maxima.core, then you presumably do have sbcl
>       installed somewhere. In that case, what you need to do is find out
>       where it is and use its path in the command. Something like:
>
>         /path/to/sbcl --core /different/path/to/maxima.core \
>           --end-runtime-options --eval '(cl-user::run)'
>
>  (2b) If not, you've actually got a file with a copy of sbcl embedded
>       inside it, so you might well not have a separate sbcl installed at
>       all. In that case, try
>
>         /path/to/maxima --end-runtime-options --eval '(cl-user::run)'
>
>       but make sure that you're pointing at the big file, not the shell
>       script.
>
both 2a and 2b return "No such file or directory"


>
> Let us know what you get?
>
> Rupert
>
>
> PS: Please remember to CC the mailing list for this sort of thing: I'm
>     not the only person that can help.
>