after some tests I can conclude, maxima on ppc platform can be installed, but it won't start because there is a connection bug in that version of maxima(5.9.2) which does affect wxmaxima too.
the only viable solution for the users who might want to use maxima on ppc dapper isto compile maxima source with any clisp as its needed to compile maxima. these are the problems with some clisps in dapper repositories (PPC) at the moment: -compiling last maxima (5.10.0) with the default clisp in dapper repositories can't be done because that clisp package is badly broken(clisp 2.38 from dapper repo seg faults on install but from source its ok, I self checked src 2.39(stable) and compiled on ppc). -compiling with sbcl didnt work for me (although sbcl does install ok from repos). -AFAIK cmucl is not available for ppc platform and cant be compiled (it needs a binary expecifically for ppc, sbcl is a replacement for it on ppc platform). -gcl can be installed from repositories(2.6.7.14) but has some segfaults problems initializing maxima(even maxima compiles well with it). For me the solution was to use clisp(>=2.39) or gcl(>2.6.7.14) From SOURCE as it seems there are problems with clisp packages on dapper ppc repositories. Dont want to sound picky here, but as I needed maxima package on dapper, and the only platform available to me for dapper is ppc, I wanted to use It so had to make sure everything was working ok. I checked all I could at my knowledge level(i'm not a linux pro) and this is all info I could check on the matter. Hope this helps and it can be fixed for dapper ppc users who might use this excellent math package(which does expand to xmaxima or wxmaxima for those wanting the gui). cheers, alonso. -- Maxima hangs on ppc Dapper https://launchpad.net/bugs/37169 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
