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How to install xgap 4.30 in Ubuntu using the terminal?


I tried to install xgap in terminal and I have already gap 4.10.2 on my system. However I am getting following problem:

root@heino-VirtualBox:~/Downloads/xgap-4.30# /home/heino/Schreibtisch/gap-4.30/  
bash: /home/heino/Schreibtisch/gap-4.30/: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden  
root@heino-VirtualBox:~/Downloads/xgap-4.30# ./configure --with-gaproot=/home/heino/Schreibtisch  /gap-4.10.2  
checking for make... make  
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu  
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu  
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu  
checking for gcc... gcc    
checking whether the C compiler works... yes  
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out  
checking for suffix of executables...   
checking whether we are cross compiling... no  
checking for suffix of object files... o  
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes  
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes  
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89...   needed  
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes  
checking for CONFIGNAME... none  
checking for GAP root directory... /home/heino/Schreibtisch/gap-4.10.2  
checking for GAP architecture... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-default64-kv3  
configure: creating ./config.status  
config.status: creating Makefile  
config.status: error: cannot find input file: `xgap.sh.in'

I am Math student and I have no idea about programming in Linux. How can I install xgap4.30 package in Ubuntu?


Solution

  • Download xgap-4.30.tar.gz. Now go to the download folder where you have just download xgap-4.30.tar.gz. Now, open your terminal ad do following things as mentioned here: