[GAP Forum] Using package genss on Debian

[Nicolas FRANCOIS]

Le Tue, 3 Jan 2012 06:57:48 +0100,
Nicolas FRANCOIS <nicolas.francois at free.fr> a écrit :

> Le Tue, 3 Jan 2012 13:37:57 +0800,
> "Asst. Prof. Dmitrii (Dima) Pasechnik" <dima at ntu.edu.sg> a écrit :
> 
> > Hi Nicolas,
> > 
> > is /usr/share/gap/pkg/ actually the right directory?
> > (i.e., do you see there any other pkg's that you know work?)
> > Does package orb load OK?
> > Is is a dependency of genss, so one needs to sort it out first.
> 
> gap> LoadPackage("orb");
> fail
> 
> So no, it doesn't seem to be the right directory...
> 
> How can I ask gap where it searches for its packages ?
> 
> \bye
> 

BTW, the commands here seem to fail :

gap> DirectoriesPackageLibrary("orb");
[  ]
gap> DirectoriesPackageLibrary("orb","pkg");
[  ]

Debian has gap's libraries (*.g{,i,d}) in /usr/share/gap/lib, but
there is a /usr/share/gap/pkg present.

Any clue ?

\bye

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