On 3/31/07, Vadim <vadim at vkonovalov.ru> wrote:
> Probably MAXIMA user either wants to build it from source distribution
> by himself/herself, or do download prepared binaries.
> I assume if the user downloads source distribution, (as opposed to
> downloading binaries) then this user has reasonable *nix development
> tools working properly.
No, *nix development tools are not required to build a Maxima
binary. It is possible to compile Maxima using only Lisp
(as described in INSTALL.lisp). It is probably not very common
but I see no reason to rule it out.
FWIW
Robert