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Your basic needs are a computer running Windows, Linux or MacOSX and a
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supported Lisp implimentation. Currently on Linux Maxima will build on CMUCL (18e
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recommended), GCL (2.5.0 or greater) and CLisp (2.29, 2.31 or greater - 2.30 won't work
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properly). On Windows builds have been achieved with Clisp and GCL - GCL is used
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in the standard binary. On MacOSX Maxima is compiled using OpenMCL. Note that Lisp choice
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is not an either/or situation - if you have
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multiple lisp implimentations available you can build on all of them and
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select at runtime which Lisp you would like to use. While it is possible
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to build your own Windows or Mac OS X binary, it is quite difficult to do
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so (especially on Windows) and unless there is a real need we recommend you
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use the provided binaries for those platforms. For Windows a Wizard based install
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has been created using InnoSetup which should look and feel very familiar to most
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Windows users. On MacOSX you need to use either the DarwinPorts? or Other way?
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tools to download the binaries.
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\section{Source Based Installation on Linux}
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Note: we assume here that your machine has development libraries and tools
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installed. If you get file/feature not found failures during configure it
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is probably because your distribution doesn't have the development libraries
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and tools you need installed.
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\index{Compiling!Linux}
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\subsection{Configure}
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(Note - this discussion assumes you are using Maxima 5.9.0 or greater to
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build with. Older versions have a terrible build system and are no longer]
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Your first task (assuming you are in the top level directory of the maxima
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source file hierchy) is to determine which version(s) of Lisp you intend to
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build on. If you are building with multiple Lisps, you should specify which
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one you want to be your default Lisp (the Lisp Maxima will run with if you do
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not tell it otherwise.)
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In the example below, options are given to enable building on all three Lisps
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supported by Maxima 5.9.0. The default Lisp of CLisp is selected.
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\index{Compiling!Linux!CMUCl}\index{Compiling!Linux!GCL}\index{Compiling!Linux!Clisp}
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\texttt{./configure --enable-gcl --enable-cmucl --enable-clisp }
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\texttt{--with-default-lisp=clisp}
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You should see some output scroll by and then a summary similar to the
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clisp enabled. Executable name: "clisp"
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CMUCL enabled. Executable name: "lisp"
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GCL enabled. Executable name: "gcl"
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wish executable name: "wish"
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The wish executable is related to Tcl/Tk used for the Xmaxima gui. If you
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encounter a case where a Lisp executable name is not found or you wish to
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use a different version of a particular lisp, you can specify the location
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of the executible you wish to use. For example, if you have a different
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copy of CMUCL you wish to use with an executable name of cmulisp instead of
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lisp, you can specify that with the following:
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\texttt{./configure --enable-gcl --enable-cmucl --enable-clisp}
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\texttt{--with-cmucl=/usr/local/bin/cmulisp --with-default-lisp=clisp}
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clisp enabled. Executable name: "clisp"
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CMUCL enabled. Executable name: "\texttt{/usr/local/bin/cmulisp}"
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GCL enabled. Executable name: "gcl"
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wish executable name: "wish"
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There are other options available for configure, but these should be enough
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to get you started on a standard Linux system. If you need more options, check
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\texttt{./configure --help}
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Once you have configured the program to your satisfaction, simply type make.
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You will see a very long series of outputs as Maxima is compiled on each Lisp
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platform you have selected. This is a long process even on fairly fast
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Once this process is done, you should run make check. This will run each build
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of Maxima through a series of mathematical tests to ensure your Maxima build
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succeeded. You will see something similar to the following, depending on
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which Lisp(s) you compiled with. (Plus some make
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related output about checking directories for tasks which doesn't matter):
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\texttt{make[1]: Entering directory `/home/user/maxima/tests'}
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\texttt{echo "Running test suite with clisp..."; \ }
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\texttt{/bin/sh ../maxima-local --lisp=clisp --batch-lisp=tests.lisp > tests-clisp.log <}
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\texttt{ /dev/null 2>\&1; \ }
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\texttt{./summarize-log tests-clisp.log}
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\texttt{Running test suite with clisp...}
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\texttt{*** Summary results for tests recorded in}
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\texttt{*** log file tests-clisp.log:}
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\texttt{Error summary:}
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\texttt{Error(s) found in rtest15.mac: (4)}
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\texttt{Expected failures (known bugs in this version of Maxima):}
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\texttt{rtest15.mac: (4)}
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\texttt{Real time: 9.218797 sec.}
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\texttt{Run time: 9.01 sec.}
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\texttt{GC: 60, GC time: 0.64 sec.}
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\texttt{*** end of summary for tests-clisp.log}
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\texttt{echo "Running test suite with cmucl..."; \ }
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\texttt{/bin/sh ../maxima-local --lisp=cmucl --batch-lisp=tests.lisp > tests-cmucl.log < }
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\texttt{ /dev/null 2>\&1; \ }
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\texttt{./summarize-log tests-cmucl.log}
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\texttt{Running test suite with cmucl...}
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\texttt{*** Summary results for tests recorded in}
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\texttt{*** log file tests-cmucl.log:}
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\texttt{Error summary:}
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\texttt{Error(s) found in rtest15.mac: (4)}
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\texttt{Expected failures (known bugs in this version of Maxima):}
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\texttt{rtest15.mac: (4)}
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\texttt{; 3.91f0 seconds of real time}
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\texttt{; 3.34f0 seconds of user run time}
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\texttt{; 0.49f0 seconds of system run time}
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\texttt{; [Run times include 0.21f0 seconds GC run time]}
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\texttt{*** end of summary for tests-cmucl.log}
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\texttt{echo "Running test suite with gcl..."; \ }
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\texttt{/bin/sh ../maxima-local --lisp=gcl --batch-lisp=tests.lisp > tests-gcl.log < /de}
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\texttt{v/null 2>\&1; \ }
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\texttt{./summarize-log tests-gcl.log}
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\texttt{Running test suite with gcl...}
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\texttt{*** Summary results for tests recorded in}
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\texttt{*** log file tests-gcl.log:}
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\texttt{Error summary:}
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\texttt{Error(s) found in rtest15.mac: (4)}
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\texttt{Expected failures (known bugs in this version of Maxima):}
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\texttt{rtest15.mac: (4)}
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\texttt{real time : 8.690 secs}
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\texttt{run time : 7.160 secs}
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\texttt{*** end of summary for tests-gcl.log}
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If all these tests are passed and the number of expected
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failures is the same as the number of known failures,
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everything has tested out correctly and you can proceed to the
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install, which is simply the standard make install. Getting
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advanced features like the Emacs modes to work may require a
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little extra work - see the documentation on those specific
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modes for details about making them work.
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\section{Source Based Installation on Windows}
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\section{Source Based Installation on MacOSX}
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