On 3/10/08, Ralph Freese <ralph at math.hawaii.edu> wrote:
> # rpm -ivh maxima-5.14.0-1.centos4.i386.rpm \
> maxima-exec-clisp-5.14.0-1.centos4.i386.rpm
> error: Failed dependencies:
> libreadline.so.4 is needed by maxima-exec-clisp-5.14.0-1.centos4.i386
Probably the best thing to do is to try to install Maxima rpms
specifically for Fedora 8.
Maybe all you need to do is: sudo yum update maxima
If that doesn't work, googling for "maxima 5.14.0 fedora 8 rpm"
brings up some hits.
Hope this helps,
Robert Dodier