problem trying to build maxima-5.21.1



On 6/11/10, Paul Bowyer <pbowyer at olynet.com> wrote:

> Is it an oversight that the three contour#.gif files have no associated
> .pdf files?

Yup. I've now put the contour*.pdf files on the list of pdf figures in
doc/info/Makefile.am. My advice to you at this point is to create
your own tar.gz by pulling Maxima from CVS and then

sh bootstrap && ./configure && make dist-gzip
cp maxima-5.whatever.tar.gz $myrpmdir/BUILD
rpmbuild -ba mymaxima.spec

We have a list (somewhat out of date) of systems for which
Maxima is known to run. If you are creating rpm's for some
new system, let's put that on the list.

> What versions of tetex and texinfo are required to produce a useable
> application?
> I have tetex-3.0-19 and texinfo-4.13-1.

Don't really know. I've been successfully building with tetex 2.0.22
and texinfo 4.7 (really old, I know).

best,

Robert Dodier