reduce-algebra installs but does not run

[luc_j_bourhis@…]

reduce-algebra @3.8.0-r1530 (math)

~> redpsl 
Failed to find a version of bpsl that you have built
try ./configure --with-psl; make to build one.

The problem, as I understand, is that /opt/local/libexec/reduce-algebra/scripts/runpsl.sh does not know about .../pslbuild/x86_64-mac_10.7_lion-darwin11.3.0 which is where psl has been installed by the PortFile.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

In the future, please use WikiFormatting and Cc the maintainer(s).

[mbrethen]

This issue (which is a problem for most linux installers as well) was resolved and a new portfile attached to ticket #32973. I don't know what typical lead-times are for tickets but it has been 5 months since I uploaded the fix!

[luc_j_bourhis@…]

Since you are the port maintainer, I would have naively thought that you could just commit your changes to svn. But obviously I do not understand how Macports is organised!

[bernard.j.kelly@…]

This is still a problem. I installed for the first time on my Mountain Lion (10.8.5) Macbook, and encounter the same error on launch that Luc reports.

Additionally, can anyone tell me why the executable goes into libexec/reduce-algebra/bin/ instead of plain old bin/? The former is not in my path ...

ETA: why is this "Normal" priority? The port doesn't even start; surely that counts as critical?

[bernard.j.kelly@…]

Cc Me!

[mbrethen]

Reduce does not provide an install script; the files are installed manually according to the portfile. 'libexec' seemed a reasonable location at the time. I have a local install working on Lion. Unfortunately I do not have the means to test it on newer versions of the OS. I've have since abandoned work on this portfile.

[veedeehjay@…]

if someone's interested: problem is still there under 10.9 (sort of). if I do port install reduce-algebra it seemingly does a binary install (don't see any compiling going on and it completes quickly) after which there is a dir psbuild/x86_64-mac_unknown_version-darwin13.0.0 in /opt/local/libexec/reduce-algebra.

but for me (running 10.9.5) uname -r yields 13.4.0. so the name of the directory is just wrong. maybe it would be correct if a source install is enforced (have tried that now and indeed that's what happening then). anyway, just doing

sudo mv psbuild/x86_64-mac_unknown_version-darwin13.0.0 psbuild/x86_64-mac_unknown_version-darwin13.4.0

seems to fix everything. at least redpsl starts up then and seems to work. at least basic things do. but the package loading mechanism does not work (this behaviour does not change, when doing a port -s install instead, so that is a different problem it seems).

[kurthindenburg (Kurt Hindenburg)]

Cc Me!

[kurthindenburg (Kurt Hindenburg)]

This has been replaced by reduce and its sub-ports - this issue should be resolved. Open a new ticket if you still have any issues.