P.S. Of course, I did use the Gap.app menu item "Install GAP Command for Shell”.
And /usr/local/bin _is_ on my PATH. > On 9 Dec2020, at 11:06 AM, Murray Eisenberg <mur...@math.umass.edu> wrote: > > I removed the folder where I had installed gap (in ~/Downloads) and installed > your pre-built copy Gapdotapp+GAP. > > However, when I open Terminal and execute command > > gap > > nothing seems to happen. > > What’s wrong? > >> On 9 Dec2020, at 2:28 AM, Russ Woodroofe <r...@cornell.edu >> <mailto:r...@cornell.edu>> wrote: >> >> >> >> Dear Murray, >> Different underlying causes. Guava I understand has not been updated for >> some time, and is fragile with modern compilers and libraries. Xgap >> requires X11 libraries. CddInterface and NormalizInterface seem (to me) to >> be tricky to build, with quite a few requirements etc. Not sure offhand >> about anupq or semigroups. >> >> Are you likely to need any of the given packages? If not, I wouldn't worry >> about it. >> >> You might also be interested in my distribution/frontend Gap.app, which >> includes a pre-built copy of GAP 4.11.0, along with most of the packages, >> including semigroups, guava, and anupq. (The included copy doesn't yet run >> on M1-based machines, however.) See >> https://cocoagap.sourceforge.io/ <https://cocoagap.sourceforge.io/> >> >> But it sounds like you already have managed a functioning GAP installation, >> if you're down to building packages. >> Best, >> >> --Russ >> >>> On 9 Dec 2020, at 02:52, Murray Eisenberg <mur...@math.umass.edu >>> <mailto:mur...@math.umass.edu>> wrote: >>> >>> I’m trying to get GAP 4.11.0 installed uner macOS Catalina 10.15.7 but am >>> getting several packages seeming to complete their configuration OK but >>> then failing to build: >>> >>> CddInterface-2020.01.01 >>> xgap-4.30 >>> semigroups-3.2.3 >>> NormalizInterface-1.1.0 >>> guava-3.15 >>> anupq-3.2.1 >>> >>> The errors seem to be for different reasons among the various packages. >>> >>> Is there some systematic, common problem here, rather than different >>> underlying causes for the different packages? >>> >>> Examples of the build errors: >>> >>> CddInterface-2020.01.01 >>> >>> CC src/CddInterface_la-CddInterface.lo >>> src/CddInterface.c:7:10: fatal error: setoper.h: No such file or >>> directory >>> 7 | #include "setoper.h" >>> | ^~~~~~~~~~~ >>> >>> >>> xgap-4.30: >>> >>> gcc -I. -g -O2 -o xcmds.o -c ../../src.x11/xcmds.c >>> In file included from ../../src.x11/xcmds.c:9: >>> ../../src.x11/utils.h:130:13: fatal error: X11/X.h: No such file or >>> directory >>> 130 | #include <X11/X.h> /* X11 basic definition >>> */ >>> | ^~~~~~~~~ >>> >>> >>> semigroups-3.2.2: >>> >>> 363 | format_arg arg(int id) const { return args_.get(id); } >>> | ~~~~^~ >>> In file included from /opt/local/include/fmt/ostream.h:12, >>> from /opt/local/include/fmt/printf.h:14, >>> from >>> /Users/me/Downloads/gap-4.11.0/pkg/semigroups-3.2.3/libsemigroups/include/libsemigroups-exception.hpp:32, >>> from >>> /Users/me/Downloads/gap-4.11.0/pkg/semigroups-3.2.3/libsemigroups/include/runner.hpp:31, >>> from >>> /Users/me/Downloads/gap-4.11.0/pkg/semigroups-3.2.3/libsemigroups/include/fpsemi-intf.hpp:40, >>> from >>> /Users/me/Downloads/gap-4.11.0/pkg/semigroups-3.2.3/libsemigroups/include/cong-intf.hpp:29, >>> from >>> /Users/me/Downloads/gap-4.11.0/pkg/semigroups-3.2.3/libsemigroups/include/cong-pair.hpp:77, >>> from src/cong-pair.cpp:19: >>> /opt/local/include/fmt/format.h:2721:53: error: 'class >>> fmt::v6::basic_printf_context<std::back_insert_iterator<fmt::v6::internal::buffer<char> >>> >, char>' has no member named 'error_handler' >>> 2721 | >>> ctx.error_handler()); >>> | >>> ~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> >>> —— >>> Murray Eisenberg mur...@math.umass.edu >>> <mailto:mur...@math.umass.edu> <mailto:mur...@math.umass.edu >>> <mailto:mur...@math.umass.edu>> >>> Professor Emeritus >>> Mathematics & Statistics Dept. >>> University of Massachusetts >>> Amherst, MA USA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Forum mailing list >>> Forum@gap-system.org <mailto:Forum@gap-system.org> >>> https://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum >>> <https://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum> > —— > Murray Eisenberg mur...@math.umass.edu > <mailto:mur...@math.umass.edu> > Professor Emeritus > Mathematics & Statistics Dept. > University of Massachusetts > Amherst, MA USA > > > > > —— Murray Eisenberg mur...@math.umass.edu <mailto:mur...@math.umass.edu> Professor Emeritus Mathematics & Statistics Dept. University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA USA _______________________________________________ Forum mailing list Forum@gap-system.org https://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum