>>
>> Regarding compilation, as Dan suggested, try clisp or sbcl in Ubuntu. I
>> used to compile Maxima with gcl in Ubuntu in the past, but for some
>> reason, the procedure no longer works and I gave up with it.
You can compile Maxima from the binary gcl in the Ubuntu repositories.
To compile Maxima with gcl on a Debian-based distribution, you must do
dpkg-reconfigure gcl
(as root) and choose the ansi-compatible option. Likewise for gclcvs,
if you want to use that.
After that, you can build Maxima using the usual
./configure --enable-gcl ...
make
routine.
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