PackagePrefixes.h File Reference

Declares wxm::PackagePrefixes(), where on macOS to look for Maxima and gnuplot. More...

#include <vector>
#include <wx/string.h>

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std::vector< wxString >	wxm::PackagePrefixes (const wxString &installPrefix)
	The installation prefixes to search for Maxima and gnuplot on macOS, best first.

Detailed Description

Declares wxm::PackagePrefixes(), where on macOS to look for Maxima and gnuplot.

Function Documentation

PackagePrefixes()

std::vector< wxString > wxm::PackagePrefixes

(

const wxString &

installPrefix

)

The installation prefixes to search for Maxima and gnuplot on macOS, best first.

A GUI program started from the Finder gets a minimal PATH that contains none of the places package managers install to, so wxMaxima has to know them.

The first entry is the prefix wxMaxima itself was configured with (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX): a package manager that builds wxMaxima – MacPorts passes its own prefix, /opt/local by default – installs Maxima and gnuplot there as well. That replaces the OSX_MACPORTS_PREFIX/OSX_MACPORTS_PREFER macros the MacPorts port used to patch into the source (GH #1347). After that come Homebrew (/opt/homebrew on Apple silicon, /usr/local on Intel) and MacPorts' default prefix, for a wxMaxima that came from somewhere else.

Parameters

installPrefix

The prefix wxMaxima was configured with. Empty entries and trailing slashes are ignored; a prefix that is already in the list is not repeated.

Returns

The prefixes, without trailing slash; each has a bin/ subdirectory the programs are searched in.