Richard,
> Conratulations! Your instructions worked just fine. maxima and
> xmaxima are now up and working. Many thanks.
You don't know how glad I am to hear that. 8^)
If there is a website under your control, perhaps you will
consider posting the maxima-*.rpm files there.
If you do so, be sure to include a prominent notice about
the version of the OS and the version of Lisp.
Have fun with Maxima!
Robert Dodier