January 2020 Hi,
I have the same error bug 1602941 Draw cannot be loaded in Ubuntu Xenial 16.04. Maxima and vxMaxima gives the error when I tried to load(draw) after update the SO to 16.04. The intensive internet search find the solution, in my case, here in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/maxima/+bug/1602941 The contribution made by ernesto(ernesto-bosch) in 2018-08-12 gives the solution. I follow the second method b.1) and b.2)), it's fast, clean and works for me. Thanks Ernesto!!! ¡¡¡Un millón de gracias Ernesto!!! Sorry but I find an omission, a missing subdirectoy /share, following /5.37.2 in his path. In my case the complete path is: /usr/share/maxima/5.37.2/share/draw/draw.lisp But the idea is clear, edit the file draw.lisp to change the directives to load gcl by using the maxima-load-pathname-directory This is what I do following Ernesto recomendations. Close any maxima/vxmaxima active sesion. So first using gedit as root to copy the original file draw.lisp and make a backup as draw old.lisp(just in case you needs reverse the procedure). Then edit draw.lisp to change, delete the lines #-gcl *load-pathname* #+gcl sys:*load-pathname* and replace with (maxima-load-pathname-directory). Be careful and check the matching ()!!! before quit and save. Then I invoke vxmaxima/maxima and load(descriptive), because this package needs a lot of graphics and load(draw). It compile the files : Compiling /usr/share/maxima/5.37.2/share/draw/grcommon.lisp. Compiling /usr/share/maxima/5.37.2/share/draw/gnuplot.lisp. Compiling /usr/share/maxima/5.37.2/share/draw/vtk.lisp. Compiling /usr/share/maxima/5.37.2/share/draw/picture.lisp. and then draw works in vxmaxima. Just in case you don't remember how to use gedit as root rafa@miniPc:~$ sudo gedit [sudo] password for rafa: Good Luck Rafael -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1602941 Title: Draw cannot be loaded in 16.04 (Repackage needed since gcl has changed?) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/maxima/+bug/1602941/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
