[maxima] xmaxima local start-up



Hello list:

I have maxima-5.23.2 installed on my PCLinuxOS system, callable from 
"/usr/bin/xmaxima"
and I just used git to download and install maxima-5-24post to 
~/MaximaTest where it created:
~/MaximaTest/bin
~/MaximaTest/lib
~/MaximaTest/libexec
~/MaximaTest/share

If I cd to ~/MaximaTest/bin and run ./maxima -l <lisp> , I am able to 
run the local copy of maxima-5-24post in a shell and it finds and uses 
the lisp dialect I provide.

If I cd to ~/MaximaTest/bin and run ./xmaxima -l <lisp>, it calls 
xmaxima for maxima-5-23-2 and will not allow me to run the local copy of 
xmaxima.

I tried:
export PATH="~/MaximaTest/bin;~/MaximaTest/lib;~/MaximaTest/libexec;"$PATH
prior to running the local copy of xmaxima with "./xmaxima" but it opens 
/usr/bin/xmaxima with GCL.

I tried ~/MaximaTest/bin/xmaxima with the same result.
I tried ~/MaximaTest/bin/xmaxima -u  5.24post -l ccl, but it shows 
"/usr/bin/maxima: line 174: exec: openmcl: not found" in the shell window.

It seems I cannot run the local copy of xmaxima without first disabling 
or uninstalling maxima-5-23-2, but I'd really like to test 
maxima-5-24post prior to installing it permanently. Does anyone have 
suggestions on how I might be able to run the local version?

Thanks,

Paul Bowyer