Maxima version 5.19.2 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 5.19.2

      View the most recent changes for the maxima port at: maxima.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for maxima.
      The raw portfile for maxima 5.19.2 is located here:
      http://maxima.darwinports.com/dports/math/maxima/Portfile
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      # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: tcl; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- vim:fenc=utf-8:ft=tcl:et:sw=4:ts=4:sts=4
      The maxima Portfile 58180 2009-09-23 18:29:08Z gwright macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: maxima
      Version: 5.19.2
      Category: math
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Platform: darwin
      Description: The Maxima computer algebra system
      Long Description: The Maxima computer algebra system is a descendant of DOE Macsyma, a version of MIT's Macsyma whose development was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Through the effort of the late William Shelter of the University of Texas, it was released under the GNU General Public License. It is one of the more comprehensive and powerful computer algebra systems available as open source.

      #bugs The graphical interfaces (xmaxima and the maxima # session mode of TeXmacs) are still quite immature and # prone to hang. # # The not all of the printable documentation can be built # from the top level makefile yet. The printable_doc # variant builds the reference manual in dvi format and # forces its installation into # ${prefix}/share/maxima//doc/dvi.

      Homepage: http://maxima.sourceforge.net/
      Master Sites: sourceforge

      Checksums: md5 c75eec2586f5be18e02978e70fac0b07 sha1 10b821d936fc22c16de7933d2b390adbd5e0a001 rmd160 648ac2033f8e7c64671d95cb0ff5f0a73c9c11bb


      depends_lib port:sbcl
      depends_run port:tk port:recode port:gnuplot

      configure.args --infodir=${prefix}/share/info --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --enable-sbcl

      Variant: clisp conflicts darwin i386 description {Use CLISP instead of SBCL for Lisp} {
      depends_lib-delete port:sbcl
      depends_lib-append port:clisp
      configure.args-delete --enable-sbcl
      configure.args-append --enable-clisp
      }

      test.run yes
      test.target check

      Variant: printable_doc description {Build printable documentation} {
      depends_build-append port:texlive
      build.target all pdf

      pre-destroot {
      xinstall -d -m 755 ${destroot}${prefix}/share/${name}/${version}/doc/pdf
      xinstall -m 644 ${worksrcpath}/doc/info/maxima.pdf ${destroot}${prefix}/share/${name}/${version}/doc/pdf
      }
      }

      livecheck.regex {Maxima (.*)-source released.*}

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/maxima
      % sudo port install maxima
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching maxima
      ---> Verifying checksum for maxima
      ---> Extracting maxima
      ---> Configuring maxima
      ---> Building maxima with target all
      ---> Staging maxima into destroot
      ---> Installing maxima
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using maxima with these commands:
      %  man maxima
      % apropos maxima
      % which maxima
      % locate maxima

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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