![]() ![]() You can then drag that alias to your dock and double click on it whenever you want to use Maxima in the future. If you want something in your dock to make starting the app easier, go to Applications and make an alias to the Maxima app. If in the future you double click on a saved wxMaxima (.wxmx) file, the resulting instance of wxMaxima won’t handle graphics correctly. Don’t keep this in the dock! In future sessions, things (especially plots) will only work correctly if you launch the application from the Maxima icon in the Applications folder. You’ll see that a wxMaxima icon has appeared on your dock. Step 3a: Run Maxima from the Applications Folder You’ll be prompted for your username and password. If you have an Apple M1 processor, you may be prompted to install Rosetta 2 - an extra application that allows intel-compiled apps to run on the new processor: Click “Install”. Verify the installation by typing a simple command like 2+2, followed by simultaneous SHIFT ENTER. If you have an Intel processor in your mac, the result should be a new wxMaxima window. If you then see a window asking about letting wxMaxima access the Terminal, click OK. When you see the Maxima icon bouncing in the dock ( extra bouncy!), click it to see a popup window listing several GUI options. Select wxMaxima as your graphical user interface In the resulting window, you’ll have the option to run Maxima. If that happens, go to “System Preferences” and then “Security and Privacy”. You might see a window saying the application can’t be opened. When you see a window warning you about unknown software, select “open”. Expect to wait a few minutes this first time-during this time the Maxima icon may bounce weakly(!) in the dock. Open your Applications Folder (click in on a blank space of the desktop and hit Shift-CMD-A) and drag the Maxima Icon from Maxima-5.43.0 folder to the Applications Folder, but don’t double click it! Instead, right click (or two finger click, or ctrl click) on the Maxima icon in your Applications Folder and select open from the resulting popup menu. Now go to your Downloads folder and double click on the downloaded file: Maxima-5.43.0-VTK-macOS.dmg. Install the Maxima app into your Applications folder If you see a window asking if you want to access a file, select OK 2. Xattr -d $HOME/Downloads/Maxima-5.43.0-VTK-macOS.dmg (there are newer versions, but I don’t have experience with them yet…)Īfter the download is complete, and before you do anything else, open a Terminal window (how to open Terminal) and copy/paste the line below (followed by enter) ![]() Download and set the security attributes of the Maxima app:ĭownload this version into your Downloads folder…at this writing the most recent version we’ve successfully installed is 5.43-MacOSX These instructions assume you are able to do some standard macOS things like open a terminal window and move icons between folders. The streamlined instructions below are for the specific purpose of installing Maxima for the first time on your Mac and using the graphical user interface wxMaxima. The only complications arise from the extra security restrictions on open-source software in modern macOS versions. The comprehensive readme files that accompany that download give all needed details. The installation package we’ll download here (thanks to Tomio Arisaka) is very general and allows for lots of options. That older version stopped working properly with macOS version 10.15 “Catalina” (due to the end of support for 32 bit applications I think) prompting this update. My earlier macOS installation is detailed at the bottom of this page. If you’re looking for Windows, see My Windows Installation. I’ll try, but can’t promise, to address the issues as they arise. ![]() If you run into trouble with this, leave a comment. Please be patient while we work together to make this as easy as possible. This guide has been tested on In tel and Apple M1 processors, with macOS versions up to Monterey 12.0.1. This is my updated experimental installation guide for macOS, Decemupdate. ![]()
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