Standard maxima installation under Linux?

hello james,

> > well, it should be, but it is not -- at odd times maxima will try
> > to read something from the console, and waits forever if noone
> > is there to type something ... but if your program already works
> > on windows, you must have solved that problem.
>
> Actually, this still worries me.  So far, I've only used Maxima for
> factorization and solving equations, and I haven't had any trouble
> with either of those.  I'm thinking that when I add integration, it
> will be more likely to pop up.

so far as i know, working around this behavior is completely a mess.
however, there are several front-end programs so i guess that it
has been solved in different ways. see:
http://maxima.sf.net/relatedprojects.shtml

i am hoping to figure out a way to discourage maxima from
asking questions. maybe it will be ready by the time you need it,
but then again maybe not.

best,
robert dodier