Robert -
Much thanks for your reply. I tried the maxima-exec-gcl install, it
seemed to install correctly, but now maxima hangs, that is, executing
the maxima command in a terminal does not call the program but just
sits there.
I am unsure what you mean by by rebuilding maxima from the source rpm
if I have GCL or other lisps on my system. Perhaps I should uninstall
and try again, this time installing the maxima-exec-gcl first?
Thanks for any help,
Dick
Quoting Robert Dodier :
> Hello Richard,
>
>> I have just tried to install the latest maxima rpm on redhat 9.2 for
>> intel. Uponi invoking the maxima command in a terminal, I get the
>> message "/usr/bin/maxima: unable to determine MAXIMA_PREFIX".
>>
>> xmaxima does not work either. There is no command line for input.
>
> Did you install a maxima-exec rpm as well as maxima and maxima-xmaxima ?
>
> There is a maxima-exec-gcl rpm on the Sourceforge file manager.
> (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4933)
> That rpm was built on a Fedora Core 1 system, so it's possible that it won't
> install successfully on RH 9.2. If you have GCL, CMUCL, or Clisp
> on your system I believe it will be straightforward to rebuild Maxima
> from the source rpm.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Robert Dodier
>
Richard N. Fell
Fisher School of Physics
Brandeis University
Waltham, Ma 02454
781.736.2860