> I can't speak for anyone else (hence I can't really answer your
> question) but I have had problems compiling giac for amd64 hardy heron.
> I'm fairly impatient though, and maybe if I tried harder I could have
> gotten something to compile. I did spend maybe 30 minutes on it
> and gave up.
>
For a full-featured giac, you will need several packages. That's why I
provide binaries. The binaries on sage should work on any amd64 (first
install xcas_root.tgz (http://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/~parisse/
giac/xcas_root.tgz) to have the doc, then unarchive xcas64.tgz (ftp://
ftp-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/xcas/xcas64.tgz) in /usr/local/bin). For
compilation, get the latest giac_unstable.tgz or try the spkg built by
Ondrej which is in my directory on sage (it is up to date and compiles
on sage).
> I also tried installing it on an intel macbook but the package refused
> to install
> on my firewire drive. It's actually the first application I've run
> across which has
> refused to install on my firewire drive (my tiny HD is full:-). Is it
> possible to
> fix this?
>
There is perhaps some problem since a part of the installation goes
in /usr/local. You are the first one reporting this and I'm not a mac
expert therefore I can't answer right now:-(
> Can you create a system for which someone using amd64 hardy heron
> (a very popular distribution) can compile it from source (at least after a
> specific number of dependencies are installed using apt-get). In other words,
> can you create the analog
> ofhttp://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/doc/inst/node5.html?
The INSTALL file from the source should help you compile giac. Where
does it fail for you?
> If so, I'd be happy to test it out. Also, is there any documentation in
> English? (I mean something more than a 5 page tutorial.)
>
There is a user guide in English for the xcas application.
http://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/~parisse/giac/doc/en/casref_en/casref_en.html
and a very short introduction on how to program with giac
http://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/~parisse/giac_us.html
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