@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
(define-module (gnu packages algebra)
#:use-module (gnu packages)
#:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages bash)
#:use-module (gnu packages bison)
#:use-module (gnu packages boost)
#:use-module (gnu packages check)
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages algebra)
#:use-module (gnu packages python)
#:use-module (gnu packages python-xyz)
#:use-module (gnu packages readline)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages ruby)
#:use-module (gnu packages shells)
#:use-module (gnu packages tex)
#:use-module (gnu packages texinfo)
@@ -1818,3 +1820,61 @@ (define-public sollya
it offers a certified infinity norm, an automatic polynomial
implementer, and a fast Remez algorithm.")
(license license:cecill-c)))
+
+(define-public form
+ ;; using this commit as it removes some invalid/ambiguous license info
+ (let ((commit "e7c52d3b07abe21f21718f5e70ee138e856f15ac")
+ (revision "0"))
+ (package
+ (name "form")
+ (version (git-version "4.3.0" revision commit))
+ (source (origin
+ (method git-fetch)
+ (uri (git-reference
+ (url "https://github.com/vermaseren/form")
+ (commit commit)))
+ (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "15pjpn5s8d3sva18syhyymh5v1dijchk0xkf6d0m7cl2sj3qxxxq"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (arguments
+ (list #:configure-flags #~'("--enable-native=no")
+ #:phases #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
+ (add-after 'unpack 'patch-src
+ (lambda _
+ (substitute* "check/examples.frm"
+ ;; skip test that causes memory leak and fails
+ (("#pend_if valgrind\\?")
+ "#pend_if 0"))
+ (substitute* "sources/extcmd.c"
+ (("/bin/sh")
+ (string-append
+ #$(this-package-input "bash-minimal")
+ "/bin/sh")))))
+ (add-after 'build 'build-doxygen
+ (lambda _
+ (with-directory-excursion "doc/doxygen"
+ (invoke "make" "html"))))
+ (add-after 'install 'install-docs
+ (lambda _
+ (let ((doc (string-append
+ #$output "/share/doc/" #$name "-"
+ #$version "/html")))
+ (mkdir-p doc)
+ (copy-recursively "doc/doxygen/html" doc)))))))
+ (native-inputs (list autoconf automake doxygen ruby))
+ (inputs (list bash-minimal))
+ (home-page "https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/")
+ (synopsis "Symbolic manipulation system for very big expressions")
+ (description
+ "FORM is a symbolic manipulation system. It reads symbolic expressions
+from files and executes symbolic/algebraic transformations upon them. The
+answers are returned in a textual mathematical representation. The size of
+the considered expressions in FORM is only limited by the available disk space
+and not by the available RAM.")
+ ;; x86_64 only due to test failures on other platforms.
+ ;; Developers say other platforms are not "tier 1" supported:
+ ;; https://github.com/vermaseren/form/issues/426
+ (supported-systems '("x86_64-linux"))
+ (license license:gpl3+))))