Dear Marcelo, dear Forum,
> On 21 Aug 2015, at 14:22, Marcelo B. Barboza <marcelobbarb...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> In a not so distant time in the past I used to have success when compiling
> GAP from source on linux, in general, either on Ubuntu or Fedora, with the
> package created by Mr Max Neunhoffer to do that. That package used to work
> like a charm and that's not the case anymore (at least for two of us, in any
> of our machines!). We both have emailed Mr Neunhoffer but nothing (I'm pretty
> sure he does not have the time -- I know, I know ;). I would like to know
> from you if this is temporary? Are the owners of the website going to keep
> the link to the package anyway?
I've tried to remove the misleading link but then got diverted...
As a result, I've provided at least a partial fix for BOB.
The page
http://gap-system.github.io/bob/
now offers:
* bob-linux-64bit.tar.gz archive with BOB for 64-bit Linux
and
* bob-osx.tar.gz archive with BOB for OS X (Intel).
Download the relevant archive, unpack it and run the 'bob' binary to install
GAP.
Why the fix is partial - formerly, Max (N.) was providing also BOB for 32-bit
Linux,
and another couple of BOB binaries compiled on some older machines. I don't have
such opportunity, so I've prepared only the two versions above. Also, there is
no
dmg file for OS X any more. Finally, your mileage may vary with respect to
packages:
Filtered(RecNames(GAPInfo.PackagesInfo),x->LoadPackage(x)=fail);
checks how many packages are not loadable and returns
[ "itc", "json", "linboxing", "pargap", "xgap" ]
on Ubuntu, but a larger list on OS X:
[ "polymakeinterface", "cohomolo", "float", "itc", "json", "kbmag",
"linboxing", "pargap", "xgap" ]
Nevertheless, most of the packages that require compilation will be available.
Please test it and submit any questions, comments or bug reports using BOB
issue tracker at https://github.com/gap-system/bob/issues
Hope this helps,
Alexander
P.S. Out of the non-available packages, itc, pargap and xgap are actually fine,
because itc needs xgap, and both pargap and xgap are not loaded via
LoadPackage.
Linboxing package is not working at the moment. Json normally compiles, but is
not yet supported by BOB, so if one needs json, one could build it manually
after
running BOB.
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