Installing refpkg at home

You need the following files, that are assumed to have been downloaded into a directory C:\Maple\MA305 on your computer. If you chose another directory for your library, substitute its path for C:\Maple\MA305 in all I describe below. It will work, as there are no absolute pathnames. I only describe it for Windows.

refpkg.tar.gz (14K)
maple.hdb (427K) (optional; this file is made by refpkg/makepkg.mpl)

  1. Extract the files in the archive refpkg.tar.gz using WINZIP. Again, it is assumed that you store the directory and files in C:\Maple\MA305. You now should have the subdirectory C:\Maple\MA305\refpkg.
  2. Edit C:\Maple\MA305\refpkg\makepkg.mpl and change
    libpath := `C:\\Maple/MA305`;
  3. Run a local Maple and read in
    read `C:\\Maple/MA305/refpkg/makepkg.mpl`;
    For Maple 6, perform these steps with makepkg6.mpl.
  4. Edit C:\Maple\MA305\refpkg\initpkg.mpl and change
    libname := `C:\\Maple/MA305` , libname;
  5. You are done. To initialize the package in a Maple session, do
    read `C:\\Maple/MA305/refpkg/initpkg.mpl`;
    Try ?ref and with(refpkg);.