Compiling and installing Maxima.



Dear List,

I have been using Maxima 5.10 and 5.12 very nicely for some time now under 
suse linux 10.3, with cmucl 19d. 

I want to download and compile a later version of Maxima and any assistance 
with the following would be much appreciated.

(1) Which version of Maxima can be recommended as improved but robust ?

(2) I want to unpack maxima in /home/apps/maxima5.xx, compile specifically 
with cmucl as default and possibly also with other lisps, and then install in 
/home/apps/maxima5.xxinst.

I dont recall the command sequence, option flags, etc for the above.

(3) I have installed cmucl 19d under /home/apps/cmucl  but am not sure how to 
make the file /home/apps/cmucl/bin/lisp accessible for the compilation, 
etc ??

Thanks very much.

Regards,

C. Frangos.