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2 days ago Imported from SourceForge on 2024-07-04 20:21:15 Created by robert_dodier on 2006-01-16 13:21:46 Original: https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/bugs/856/#9526
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Hans -- the Maxima distribution for Linux comprises 3 rpm files: the maxima-exec rpm, the maxima rpm, and the xmaxima rpm. Maxima-exec = compiled Lisp image, maxima = Lisp source code and scripts, xmaxima = graphical user interface. Of these 3, at least maxima-exec and maxima must be installed. To judge by the error messages, you want to run xmaxima, so you need all three.
The files are named: maxima-exec-gcl-5.9.2-2.i386.rpm maxima-5.9.2-2.i386.rpm maxima-xmaxima-5.9.2-2.i386.rpm
For reference the SF file manager: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group\_id=4933\#files
If you have already installed all 3 rpms for 5.9.2, we'll need more investigation. First -- does the maxima command (text-only interface) work?
The rpm files were developed on a Fedora Core 1 system (similar to Redhat 9) so I hope the rpms will work.
Imported from SourceForge on 2024-07-04 20:21:14 Created by *anonymous on 2006-01-15 00:56:23 Original: https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/bugs/856
I had version 5.9.1 running under a Red-Hat 9 clone (Aurox9.2) with a2.4.20-20.9 Linux kernel. I used the rpm package from sourceforge to update to 5.9.2. The result: the tests did not run. When I entered an expression, after pressing "enter", the expression was just repeated. I got a message Error: can't read "_WinInfo.maxima.text(at Maxima Prompt)": no such element in array. After leaving this box, I got a question "Starting Maxima timed out. Wait longer?" Answering yes or no made no difference, the same would happen again. I tried to save the file with the detailed error messages, but that did not work.
I did re-install version 5.9.1 with the rpm --oldpackage option. 5.9.1 did work again. However, I noticed that 5.9.2 was still installed. I tried to remove it, but got messages that5.9.1 required soem of the packages of 5.9.2. Then I removed both 5.9.1 and 5.9.2. Then I could re-install 5.9.1 alone, and it works fine.
Hans Joksch <hjoksch@att.net>