Maxima/Installation

Dependencies

• gnuplot,
• tex
  • texinfo
  • texi2html
  • texlive-latex-recommended
• GNU autotools
  • automake 1.9
  • autoconf2.13
• tk 8.4.
• lisp
  • sbcl ( sudo apt-get install sbcl)
• libgmp3-dev
• libreadline5-dev
• libncurses5-dev
• sharutils
• libxmu-dev
• libxaw7-dev
• wxWidgets library for wxMaxima
  • libwxgtk3.0-dev
  • libwxbase3.0-dev
• compiler is GNU g++ for wxWidgets library
• build-essential
• imagemagick
• ibus-gtk
• ibus-gtk3

Steps

• Download and install ready made Maxima deb packages
  • from Ubuntu repositories ( old versions )
  • from other sites
• Compile your own maxima package
• compile maxima from sources ( without creating deb packages )

Now the best is a git method

From Ubuntu repositories

You can make use of :

• Synaptic ( Graphical package manager)
• apt-get.

In second case write in command line:

sudo apt-get install maxima

This method can get old version which gets some trouble, like

 loadfile: failed to load /usr/share/maxima/5.37.2/share/draw/draw.lisp

Uninstall such Maxima version

 sudo apt-get remove maxima

From PPA

wxmaxima

From repositiories by Istvan Balhota

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:blahota/wxmaxima
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wxmaxima

From sources

Before compilation, you should have all dependent packages

CVS

cd maxima
./bootstrap    # only if you downloaded the source code from cvs
./configure --enable-clisp   # or:   --enable-sbcl
make
make check
sudo make install
make clean

This procedure does not create a deb package.

Using git

maxima/xmaxima

If you have git and SBCL then :

  git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/maxima/code maxima
  cd maxima
  ./bootstrap
  ./configure --with-sbcl
  make

Now one can run it from inside the source directory.

cd maxima
./maxima-local

The result :

Maxima branch_5_30_base_104_ged70fb2_dirty http://maxima.sourceforge.net
using Lisp SBCL 1.0.45.0.debian
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information.
(%i1) 

Xmaxima can also be run :

cd ~/maxima
./xmaxima-local

or bash file :

#!/bin/bash

# save as a  in your home directory
# chmod +x m
# ./m

cd maxima
./xmaxima-local

wxMaxima is not present now.

Where is Maxima after standard ( as above) installation ?

  locate maxima-local

example result :

 ~/Pobrane/maxima-5.38.1/maxima-local.in
 ~/Pobrane/maxima-5.38.1/xmaxima-local.in
 ~/maxima/maxima-local
 ~/maxima/maxima-local.in
 ~/maxima/xmaxima-local
 ~/maxima/xmaxima-local.in
 ~/maxima/interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/maxima-local.tcl

Note that it is a different directory then after apt-get installation. One can have 2 ( or more ) versions of Maxima on the disk )

wxmaxima

 git clone https://github.com/wxMaxima-developers/wxmaxima

Problems

• Open a terminal
• type : sudo apt-get install gdb
• after gdb is installed type : gdb wxmaxima
• run and wait until it crashes
• and type : backtrace