[racket-dev] Error Racket compilation and installation for darwin11

From: Matthew Flatt (mflatt at cs.utah.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 20 09:33:19 EDT 2011

The problem is that `make install' cannot handle a path with a space in
its name, like "Racket v5.1 Source". Try renaming to "racket-v5.1-src",
or something like that.

At Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:03:52 +0200, Renzo Orsini wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I tried to compile and install racket for Mac OS X Lion (darwin 11), since
> the precompiled binary does not work.
> 
> While the compilation  has apparently succeeded, the installation (with make
> install), terminates with the following error:
> 
> make osx-install-3m
> make unix-install-3m
> cd ..; cp racket/racket3m "/Users/orsini/Racket v5.1 Source/bin/racket"
> cd ..; cp racket/libracket3m.a "/Users/orsini/Racket v5.1
> Source/lib/libracket3m.a"
> cd ..; cp racket/mzdyn3m.o "/Users/orsini/Racket v5.1 Source/lib/mzdyn3m.o"
> ./racket3m -cu "../../racket/collects-path.rkt" "/Users/orsini/Racket v5.1
> Source/bin/racket" ../collects
> mkdir -p "/Users/orsini/Racket v5.1
> Source/lib/Racket.framework/Versions/5.1_3m"
> cp Racket.framework/Versions/5.1_3m/Racket /Users/orsini/Racket v5.1
> Source/lib/Racket.framework/Versions/5.1_3m/
> usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file target_file
>        cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file ...
> target_directory
> make[4]: *** [osx-install-3m] Error 64
> make[3]: *** [install-3m] Error 2
> make[2]: *** [install-3m-common] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [install-3m] Error 2
> make: *** [install] Error 2
> 
> 
> Some suggestion on how to solve the issue?
> 
> Thanks very much.
> 
> Renzo
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