> > Dear all, > > this upcoming semester I will be teaching a computer class > for mathematics freshmen using fricas. > Since I expect most of them to be using windows, > what is the preferred way for fricas under windows currently? > The binary on http://axiom-wiki.newsynthesis.org/FriCASBinaries > is rather outdated.
Newest Windows (Cygwin) binaries are at SourceForge downolad page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/fricas/files/ (look under 1.0.6). Bill Page reported success with andLinux http://groups.google.com/group/fricas-devel/msg/b728cd36c452bc3b Another possibility is to create live CD with Linux+FriCAS, or maybe put Linux+FriCAS on USB stick (since CD is not writable typical way to have persistent storage with live CD is to use USB stick, but it may be simpler to put all on the stick). > > The linux binary is also somewhat unfriendly, > The path /usr/local/lib/fricas/target/x86_64-unknown-linux > is hardcoded in at least three places: > > usr/local/bin/fricas > usr/local/bin/efricas > usr/local/lib/fricas/target/x86_64-unknown-linux/bin/axiom > > and without modifying the latter efricas does not work. > In addition, the load path > > /usr/local/lib/fricas/emacs > > in efricas also needs modification if fricas is moved to a different place. > It is possible to create install "script": make a simple shell script and append the tarball to it. The script could take installation location on command line or ask the user and then unpack tarball in requested location and modify paths. -- Waldek Hebisch [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fricas-devel?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
