[Axiom-developer] Latest Ubuntu compile fail

[Lawrence Bottorff]

Tried

apt-get install m4 libxpm-dev libxt-dev libx11-dev 

apt-get install libxext-dev gettext git-core texlive gawk texlive-fonts-extra

git clone git://github.com/daly/axiom.git

cd axiom

export AXIOM=`pwd`/mnt/ubuntu

export PATH=$AXIOM/bin:$PATH

make

on my Ubuntu 16.10 and got this

. . .

num_sfun.c:(.text+0xbc14): undefined reference to `number_zero_expt'

./libpre_gcl.a(num_sfun.o):num_sfun.c:(.text+0xbc99): more undefined references to `number_zero_expt' follow

collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

makefile:171: recipe for target 'raw_pre_gcl_map' failed

make[4]: *** [raw_pre_gcl_map] Error 1

make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/hercynianx201/bin/axiom/lsp/gcl-2.6.12/unixport'

makefile:71: recipe for target 'unixport/saved_pre_gcl' failed

make[3]: *** [unixport/saved_pre_gcl] Error 2

rm h/mcompdefs.h

make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/hercynianx201/bin/axiom/lsp/gcl-2.6.12'

/bin/sh: 6: unixport/saved_gcl: not found

Makefile:8: recipe for target 'gcldir' failed

make[2]: *** [gcldir] Error 127

make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/hercynianx201/bin/axiom/lsp'

Makefile.ubuntu:169: recipe for target 'lspdir' failed

make[1]: *** [lspdir] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/hercynianx201/bin/axiom'

Makefile:138: recipe for target 'all' failed

make: *** [all] Error 2

Please advise.

LB