I had no problem installing maxima on WinXP.
I tried installing Maxima on Xandros 2 (a linux system), but the Xandros
Network RPM installer would not install the newest maxima release. (see
error messages below).
Is there a DEB install package for maxima (Xandros uses Debian packaging)?
Could someone point me to a step-by-step procedure for installing maxima
from source?
It has been years since I worked with a Unix system, so I need to
relearn how to unpack are
.tar.gz, where to put it, and how to 'make' it.
Thanks.
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maxima_5.9.2-3_i386.deb generated
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/perl5/Alien/Package/Deb.pm line 727.
warning: unable to add ownership fixup code to postinst as the postinst
is not a shell script.s.
maxima-exec-gcl_5.9.2-3_i386.deb generated
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/perl5/Alien/Package/Deb.pm line 727.
warning: unable to add ownership fixup code to postinst as the postinst
is not a shell script!
maxima-xmaxima_5.9.2-3_i386.deb generated
1 not fully installed or removed.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/maxima.postinst: line 4: /sbin/install-info: No such
file or directory
Xandros Networks has detected the following error:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Xandros Networks detected errors while processing the following file(s):
maxima
Xandros Networks has detected that dpkg has returned with error code (1)
Please retry your installation.
1 not fully installed or removed.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/maxima.postinst: line 4: /sbin/install-info: No such
file or directory
Xandros Networks has detected the following error:
Xandros Networks detected errors while processing the following file(s):
Xandros Networks has detected that dpkg has returned with error code (1)
Please retry your installation.
1 not fully installed or removed.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/maxima.postinst: line 4: /sbin/install-info: No such
file or directory
Xandros Networks has detected the following error:
Xandros Networks detected errors while processing the following file(s):
Xandros Networks has detected that dpkg has returned with error code (1)
Please retry your installation.
Done.