lisp and asdf packages in maxima



I have tried to load cl-plplot  package on the lisp level of maxima with help 
of to_lisp(). cl-plplot  use asdf system. However maxima does not want to 
load  asdf.  I have
 (%i1) to_lisp();

Type (to-maxima) to restart, ($quit) to quit Maxima.

MAXIMA> (require :asdf)
NIL   
MAXIMA> (asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'cl-plplot)

Maxima encountered a Lisp error:

 Error during processing of --eval option "(cl-user::run)":

  component "cl-plplot" not found

Automatically continuing.
T 
 Is there a way around?  Note that in sbcl shell I have 
 * (require :asdf)

("ASDF")
* (asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'cl-plplot)

; loading system definition from /usr/lib/sbcl/site-systems/cl-plplot.asd into
; #<PACKAGE "ASDF0">
; registering #<SYSTEM #:CL-PLPLOT {AD02639}> as CL-PLPLOT
; loading system definition from /usr/lib/sbcl/site-systems/cffi.asd into
; #<PACKAGE "ASDF0">
; registering #<SYSTEM CFFI {B0C7461}> as CFFI
libplplotd library loaded
STYLE-WARNING: Undefined alien: "plarrows"
STYLE-WARNING: implicitly creating new generic function DEFAULT-BAR-WIDTHS
NIL