wxmaxima can't find help files under debian 4.0

Harald Geyer <Harald.Geyer at gmx.at> writes:

> Hi Dieter!
>
>> does anybody know what is wrong with the wxmaxima help on Debian etch?
>> It generates the error message:
>> 
>>   wxMaxima could not find help files.
>> 
>>   Please check your installation.
>
> This problem is already reported in the Debian BTS as
>
> #413220: wxmaxima: It is not possible to start maxima help 

I see, I'll have a look, thanks.

>
> Unfortunately it seems that Debian is not going to fix this bug
> in etch, because they don't consider it important enough.
>
>> What do I have to do? (I've installed maxima, maxima-doc as well, by
>> the way, under Windows the wxmaxima help is working out of the box.)
>
> It seems there is no maxima package at backports.org, but perhaps
> you can encourage some debian maintainer to change this. This would
> also give you the benefit of newer maxima versions. 5.10.0 in etch
> is already quite old.

You mean I should write to the current debian maxima maintainer and
ask for advice?  Sorry, but I'm rather new to debian.

    Dieter

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    H. Dieter Wilhelm
    Darmstadt, Germany