Does anyone have maxima working on Fedora Core 6?

[Antonio Olivares]

> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at gmail.com>
> To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 3:45:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Does anyone have maxima working on Fedora Core 6?
> 
> On 14/09/2007, Rex Dieter wrote:
> >
> > > I fire up xmaxima and the startup hangs.
> >
> > WORKSFORME, but I'm on f7.
> 
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/repoview/maxima-gui.html
> 
> There's still the older release. Does that one work?
> 
> And did xmaxima work when tested for FC6?
> 
> -- 

I cannot downgrade to the older version, 

[root at localhost Downloads]# rpm -Uvh maxima-gui-5.12.0-3.fc6.i386.rpm 
error: Failed dependencies:
        maxima = 5.12.0-3.fc6 is needed by maxima-gui-5.12.0-3.fc6.i386
[root at localhost Downloads]# yum localinstall maxima-gui-5.12.0-3.fc6.i386.rpm 
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Local Package Process
Examining maxima-gui-5.12.0-3.fc6.i386.rpm: maxima-gui - 5.12.0-3.fc6.i386
maxima-gui-5.12.0-3.fc6.i386.rpm: does not update installed package.
Nothing to do
[root at localhost Downloads]# yum remove maxima-gui
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package maxima-gui.i386 0:5.13.0-4.fc6 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
=============================================================================
Removing:
 maxima-gui              i386       5.13.0-4.fc6     installed         833 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)         
Update       0 Package(s)         
Remove       1 Package(s)         

Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Removing  : maxima-gui                   ######################### [1/1]

Removed: maxima-gui.i386 0:5.13.0-4.fc6
Complete!
[root at localhost Downloads]# yum localinstall maxima-gui-5.12.0-3.fc6.i386.rpm 
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Local Package Process
Examining maxima-gui-5.12.0-3.fc6.i386.rpm: maxima-gui - 5.12.0-3.fc6.i386
Marking maxima-gui-5.12.0-3.fc6.i386.rpm to be installed
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package maxima-gui.i386 0:5.12.0-3.fc6 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: maxima = 5.12.0-3.fc6 for package: maxima-gui
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: maxima = 5.12.0-3.fc6 is needed by package maxima-gui
[root at localhost Downloads]# 


and WxMaxima does not work either.

Regards,

Antonio 





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