beginner questions: return on Maxima console and working with implicit functions

On 2012-09-28, Volker van Nek <volkervannek at gmail.com> wrote:

> The easiest way to do this is to add the debian sid repository in synaptic.
>
> deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian unstable main
>
> Add this repository to synaptic, reload the sources, install gnuplot, your
> favourite Lisp (e.g. gcl) and Maxima, deactivate debian sid and reload
> again.

One can also install rpm's (to download from Sourceforge file manager:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files) via 'alien' on Ubuntu.

By the way, is it necessary to install Lisp in addition to Maxima? I
thought that binary packages did not require a separate Lisp
installation. (Lisp is certainly needed if one rebuilds from source.)

best,

Robert Dodier