[Maxima] Installing 5.12.0 on Linux

[Robert Dodier]

On 5/9/07, Harald Geyer <Harald.Geyer at gmx.at> wrote:

> > (2) Assuming you can unpack the uncorrupted tar file,
> > you need to execute "sh bootstrap" (executes some
> > autoconf magic incantations) in the top-level maxima
> > directory before "./configure".
>
> Are you sure about this? The last time I compiled maxima from
> a release tarball it worked well withouth bootstrap...

You're probably right. Maybe sh bootstrap is only needed when
compiling stuff from CVS. Sorry for the noise.

Robert