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Kevin Cahill
Kevin Cahill

Reputation: 11

How does one install wxmaxima?

I entered sudo port install maxima and got Error: Failed to build libgcc-devel: command execution failed Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_gcc10/libgcc-devel/main.log for details. Error: rev-upgrade failed: Error rebuilding gcc5 Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug. ---> Some of the ports you installed have notes: wget has the following notes: To customize wget, you can copy /opt/local/etc/wgetrc.sample to /opt/local/etc/wgetrc and then make changes.

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Answers (1)

Robert Dodier
Robert Dodier

Reputation: 17577

I work with MacOS at the office and I've had good luck with the Homebrew package management system. Looks like Homebrew has a formula for wxMaxima, see: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/wxmaxima

That description doesn't mention Maxima as a dependency, which makes me think that you'll need to install Maxima first. Also, I remember that when I installed Maxima via Homebrew, the Maxima formula didn't name SBCL (the Lisp implementation for compiling Maxima) as a dependency, so I had to install that before Maxima. So, without trying it, my suggestion is to try:

$ brew install sbcl
$ brew install maxima
$ brew install wxmaxima

There are some notes about post-installation configuration on the Homebrew page I linked which you can take a look at.

Homebrew is a great system for installing all kinds of software, so it's useful in many ways, I recommend it highly.

Upvotes: 1

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