Hi Karl,
> I am trying to run Maxima under linux. I have installed all necessary
> packages, but when I start it by typing:
> > maxima
> I get:
>
> /usr/bin/maxima: unable to determine MAXIMA_PREFIX
>
> What to do?
> In /usr/share there is a maxima folder, in this folder is a folder 5.9.2
> and in this are:
> demo ,doc, emacs, msgs, share, src, tests, xmaxima folders.
My first guess is that a maxima-exec rpm has not been installed.
The maxima rpm contains src, share, doc, etc.
The maxima-exec contains a Lisp image to execute Maxima.
So idea #1 is to find the maxima-exec rpm corresponding
to the maxima rpm and install it.
If maxima-exec is already installed, you'll have to provide
some more details. What, exactly, are the rpms which you
installed, and from where did you get them? What kind of
Linux do you have? We'll go from there.
best,
Robert Dodier