Re: Installing AddOn
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- Subject: [mg66915] Re: Installing AddOn
- From: john2 <john at 8889.fsnet.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 03:26:28 -0400 (EDT)
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Jean-Marc Gulliet wrote: > john2 wrote: > >>I'm pretty much a novice in Mathematica but have ventured into it >>because I want to use a Stable Statistics Package from >>http://www.npgcable.com/~rrimmer/StableCalculation/HTMLLinks/index_4.html >>in 5.1. >> >>I unzipped and installed the AddOn SMath in c:/Wolfram >>Research/Mathematica/5.1/AddOns/Applications/ as instructed. It should >>load with the command >><<StableDistribution`SMath` >> >>but the file is not recognized by Mathematica which returns >>Get::noopen : Cannot open Stable distribution`SMath` >> >>I checked with $Path and the file SMath.m is in a directory on the path. >> So what is the next step. Not even sure if the file is correct as it >>seems to be in binary, i.e. the first lines read in Notepad are >>(*!1N!*)mcm >>j<mi2X^Ue>E2FtTGjEmi2X^Ue>E2FtTGjEmi2X^Ue>E2FtTGjEmi2X^Ue>E2FtTGjEmi2X >>^Ue>E2FtTGjEX4*4+5]HauE~i-SJ/_kQNyL<(=NQi"dYNZ'Skk425[0X&lF93l'"9_jYJ5 >>BEX2=mcUTP6@oXt~$/27,yoERZ\Q'iG~ V[P]sD[MV18XdLd6`?e(YGbd}9IE<Vf^0"b&- >>l1Vh?'>"<<RZn[aq9h'{9_RApd;esXWUHHN3@DD@i?Ij"y_}d:.1dHG >> >>which looks like pure binary to me. Perhaps this is compiled code. >> >>thanks in advance >> >> >>john >> > > > Hi John, > > Yes, you are right thinking that the file is encrypted. However, the > problem you faced might not come from that: I have just downloaded and > installed successfully the package after I had created a directory > called StableDistribution. > > First, in Mathematica, evaluate $UserAddOnsDirectory. On my system the > evaluation returns: > C:\Documents and Settings\Jean-Marc\Application Data\Mathematica > > In windows, create a directory called StableDistribution within the > Applications directory. > > Then, unzip the contents of the file StableDistribution.zip in the newly > created directory. > > Now, go back to Mathematica. In the menu, select Help -> Rebuild Help > Index, then open the help browser, select the tab Add-ons and Links, and > you should find the documentation of the package under the title > StableDistribution. > > To use the package, evaluate Needs["StableDistribution`SMath`"] then > SVersion and you should see something like > > SMath Version {2005, 3, 6} > for Mathematica 5.0 and higher > Copyright ©2002-2005 > > You are all set! > > HTH, > Jean-Marc > Many thanks for all the ideas from various people. I got the package working at last by moving SMath.m about to various subdirectories, but am still not sure exactly what I did right. It now seems to load OK using the original configuration that didn't work once. There may have been a spurious invisible control character in the file name or something along those lines. john2