On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:20 AM, Robert Dodier <robert.dodier at gmail.com> 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.
I am using Maxima on F8. To install it:
yum install maxima
In case you want to install wxmaxima too:
yum install wxmaxima
Paul