Subject: Standard maxima installation under Linux?
From: James Hart
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:12:58 -0500
Hello all. I am trying to make a GUI for manipulating mathematics.
My GUI can use Maxima as a back end to help it solve some of the more
challenging problems. I have it working under windows, but I haven't
tested it under Linux yet. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about
Linux to make meaningful choices, so I came here.
Basically, my questions are:
1) Is there a standard installation directory for Maxima under Linux
systems? The download on sourceforge looks like a zip file, and like
I said I have little experience with Linux. I would like to allow my
program to autodetect Maxima if it can.
2) Once Maxima is installed (or just downloaded) how does one start
the program from the command line? Basically, where is the
"executable", and what is its name? Are any command-line options
needed? Etc.