I am on MAC OS X 10.8.2, trying to install the latest polymake.
I have this when I do ./configure
WARNING: perl module Term::ReadLine::Gnu required for polymake not found on your machine.
I can see Gnu.pm under /sw/lib/perl5/5.12.3/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Term/ReadLine/Gnu.pm
My PERL5LIB env variable is
PERL5LIB=/sw/lib/perl5:/sw/lib/perl5/darwin
It is really weird that polymake cannot find it -- any tips?
I am sorry, we put the wrong perl version on the installation page. The perl version must match exactly the perl version of your OS, and this is probably 5.12.4. fink also has term-readline-gnu-pm5124, please install this one, and the configuration should be fine.
The only mildly remarkable thing about the fink install was that I couldn't find the boost1.41.cmake so I installed the boost1.46.cmake.
Same mistake as above.
The install message says "Configuration goes on, nevertheless." But ends immediately. Does this mean I am good to go? Although "make" doesn't work (seg fault in internal/type_manip.h:2068)
Which compiler do you use? Neither the gcc nor the clang contained in Xcode will work. They both use the llvm backend, but the version chosen by apple is too old (i.e. too many things we need not yet implemented in this version). Either install a gcc with fink, or compile your own, or take a svn checkout of clang.