Dear Kova'cs Zolta'n,
My impression is that Maxima (at least 5.5 beta for Windows)
can be installed and run on any computer even without an
internet connection. (I have distributed Maxima to my students
through CD-ROM and I have not heard any such complaints.)
It is sufficient that the downloaded file (the Windows executable)
be present in the CD-ROM. GPL should also be respected
(i.e. sources should be always present in a distribution.) I repeat
my experience concerns 5.5 beta for Windows, but I am sure
this is also the case with the very recent 5.9.0 rc4. Just
downloading is required through an internet-connected
computer. The program can next move, installed and run
on another Windows machine just through a CD-ROM or
a zip drive. Diskettes (several of them) are not very convenient,
but, in principle, possible with some care.
Best regards from Patras,
Nikos
----- Original Message -----
From: "kovzol" <kovzol at math>
To: <maxima@www.ma.utexas.edu>
Cc: <Horvath.Anita.1@stud.u-szeged.hu>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 5:50 PM
Subject: Windows installation
> Dear All,
>
> however I did not tested the new Windows installer executable, the
> original package made by William Schelter seems to work only under Windows
> boxes having TCP/IP support. Is this a normal behaviour? What about the
> new version? One of my students is writing her diplom about Maxima but she
> was unable to install Maxima 5.2 for Windows at her place because she has
> a standalone PC without network. At her mother's school on another PC
> (with internet connection) she was able to install Maxima (under Windows).
>
> TIA, Zoltan
>
> Kova'cs Zolta'n
> assistant teacher at Bolyai Institute
> kovzol@math.u-szeged.hu
> http://www.math.u-szeged.hu/~kovzol