Change 'ensure-directories-exist' to look for 'mkdir' in $PATH, not in /bin. --- maxima-5.36.1/lisp-utils/defsystem.lisp.orig 2014-11-22 16:21:30.000000000 -0500 +++ maxima-5.36.1/lisp-utils/defsystem.lisp 2015-05-25 21:53:31.223648483 -0400 @@ -4627,7 +4627,7 @@ (cmd (if (member :win32 *features*) (format nil "mkdir \"~a\"" (coerce (subst #\\ #\/ (coerce (namestring dir) 'list)) 'string)) - (format nil "/bin/mkdir -p ~S" (namestring dir))))) + (format nil "mkdir -p ~S" (namestring dir))))) (unless (directory dir) (lisp:system cmd)) ;; The second return value is supposed to be T if directories were