This is my path:
> echo $AXIOM
/home/lawrence/opt/axiom/mnt/ubuntu64
and here is what it gives before it dies:
s2 starting serial make of books
s3 /home/lawrence/opt/axiom/books/Makefile from /home/lawrence/opt/axiom/books/Makefile.pamphlet
extract1: /../../books/tanglec
/home/lawrence/opt/axiom/books/extract: 30: /home/lawrence/opt/axiom/books/extract: /../../books/tanglec: not found
extract3: /home/lawrence/opt/axiom/books/Makefile.pamphlet
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[]\OT1/cmtt/m/n/9 all: announce ${PDF}/axiom.bib ${OTHER} ${BOOKPDF} ${PDF}/toc
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[]\OT1/cmtt/m/n/9 echo "{\\bf Volume 10.5}: Axiom {\\sl Algebra: Numerics}\\\\"
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[]\OT1/cmtt/m/n/9 echo "{\\bf Volume 10.5}: Axiom {\\sl Algebra: Numerics}\\\\"
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