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installing cgal in ubuntu

Asked by sarvenaz

I have downloaded the file CGAL-4.10.tar.gz containing the CGAL sources, then I unpacked it by
tar xzf CGAL-4.10.tar.gz
but when i entered cd CGAL-4.10
I got error:
bash: cd: CGAL-4.10: No such file or directory

what should i do?

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

I assume that either something went wrong when downloading and unpacking the tarball, or something is different in the version that you downloaded from what you expect.

I see the following options:

1. You re-check the steps that you executed. Did the tar command give an error message? Is there a directory with a name that contains the string cgal or CGAL created after the tar command? If yes, you have to use that name in the cd command.

2. Why don't you use the precompiled packages available in Ubuntu - either in the standard repositories or in PPAs?

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sarvenaz (sarvenazb) said : 		#2

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.