Richard,
> 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'm guessing this is a library incompatibility problem --
the libraries on the system on which maxima-exec-gcl are
different from the ones on your system.
RPM tries to detect incompatibilities but there are some
it doesn't see.
> 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?
It is possible to recompile the Lisp source code of Maxima
into a new maxima-exec package. If there is already some
Common Lisp (GCL, Clisp, CMUCL, and SBCL are known
to be OK) on your system, it is straightforward to compile
Maxima. Let me know if you want to pursue that, and we'll
go from there.
By the way, I doubt if reinstalling maxima-exec-gcl will
change anything.
Thanks for your interest in Maxima -- I hope we can solve this.
Robert Dodier