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Maxima can now be built using a purely lisp-based procedure. This
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procedure is not yet as polished as the GNU Autotools system described
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Maxima can be built using a purely Lisp-based procedure.
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This procedure is not yet as polished as the GNU Autotools system
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described in the file INSTALL.
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However, it may be more convenient on a system (e.g., Windows)
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which does not have the GNU Autotools installed.
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User feedback on this procedure would be greatly appreciated.
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Note: xmaxima cannot be built using this procedure.
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Note (2): Plotting on Windows does not (yet) work using this procedure.
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1) Launch your lisp implementation.
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2) Load the file configure.lisp.
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3) Execute "(configure)". You will be prompted for several inputs. Hit
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return to use the default values. The configure process can be
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automated through the use of optional arguments to configure. See
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the file configure.lisp for details.
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4) Change to the src directory.
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(0) cd to the top-level Maxima directory (i.e., the directory
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which contains src/, tests/, share/, and other directories).
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(1) Launch your Lisp implementation.
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(2) Load the file configure.lisp:
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(load "configure.lisp")
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(3) Generate configuration files:
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You will be prompted for several inputs.
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Press carriage return to accept the default values.
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The configure process can be automated through the use
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of optional arguments to configure.
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See the file configure.lisp for details.
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and cd to the directory src/.
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(4.1) GCL only: Create these directories if they do not already exist:
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binary-gcl/numerical/slatec
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Maxima builds with defsystem. The file maxima-build.lisp is provided
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for rudimentary guidance in using defsystem. Experts should feel free
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to subsitute their knowledge of defsystem for the following steps.
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5) Load maxima-build.lisp.
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6) Execute "(maxima-compile)".
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7) Optionally, quit Lisp at this point and restart.
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8) Execute "(maxima-load)".
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9) Dump an image, using (user::run) for the startup function if
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possible. The command "(maxima-dump)" will work for a (very)
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limited set of Lisp(s).
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Two scripts are provided to act as front-ends to the dumped lisp
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image. The script "maxima" requires Bourne shell. Even if Bourne shell
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is not available on your system, it is worth looking at the way images
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are invoked at the end of the script. You will have to manually "chmod
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+x maxima". The file "maxima.bat" provides a Windows batch file
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interface roughly equivalant to "maxima".
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User feedback on this procedure would be greatly appreciated.
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(5) Restart Lisp, and load maxima-build.lisp:
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(load "maxima-build.lisp")
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(6) Compile the Lisp source code:
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Clisp only: Clisp complains about SETQ applied to a symbol in
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a locked package when compiling src/cpoly.lisp.
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When Clisp asks you if you want to allow it, enter "continue" (without quote marks).
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(7) Quit Lisp, and restart Lisp.
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(8) Load the compiled Lisp files:
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(load "maxima-build.lisp")
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(9) Dump an image, and if the Lisp implementation allows one to
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specify a start-up function, specify USER::RUN.
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There is a function MAXIMA-DUMP to carry out those steps.
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At present it works only for Clisp.
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(ext:saveinitmem "binary-clisp/maxima.mem" :init-function 'user::run)
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GCL: (GCL terminates after saving the image)
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(si:save-system "binary-gcl/maxima")
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CMUCL: (CMUCL terminates after saving the image)
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(extensions:save-lisp "binary-cmucl/maxima.core" :init-function 'user::run)
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SCL: (SCL terminates after saving the image)
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(extensions:save-lisp "binary-scl/maxima.core" :init-function 'user::run)
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(10) Execute the saved image.
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Each Lisp implementation allows one to specify the name of the
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image to be executed in a slightly different way.
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Two scripts, maxima and maxima.bat,
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are provided to specify the command line options appropriately.
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Unix systems and Windows with Bourne shell:
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(Even if Bourne shell is not available on your system,
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it is worth looking at the way images are invoked at the end of the script.)
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Windows without Bourne shell:
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(11) Test the build. At the Maxima prompt, enter:
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