You can now run a complete Axiom system on native windows. The approximate steps are:
A) set up an X server on windows: 1) visit http://gears.aset.psu.edu/hpc/guides/xming 2) download Xming 3) install it in windows 4) launch it B) download axiom ubuntu image 1) http://axiom-developer.org/axiom-website/downloads.html 2) download ubuntu binary as axiom-ubuntu-nov2008-bin.tgz 3) move axiom tgz image to C:\ C) set up Portable_Ubuntu on windows: 1) visit http://lifehacker.com/5195999/portable-ubuntu-runs-ubuntu-inside-windows 2) download Portable Ubuntu 3) install it (it created c:\Portable_Ubuntu directory) 4) cd Portable_Ubuntu 5) run_portable_ubuntu (its a bat file) D) enable root access 1) in the ubuntu menu bar Applications->Terminal 2) sudo passwd root (the default root passwd is 123456) E) install axiom into /etc (the only place with room in my install) 0) su - 1) cd /etc 2) tar -zxf /mnt/C/axiom-ubuntu-nov2008-bin.tgz 3) cd axiom 4) export AXIOM=`pwd`/mnt/ubuntu 5) export PATH=$AXIOM/bin:$PATH 6) axiom For me, axiom starts, hyperdoc pops up, and I can run graphics. Tim _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
