Does anyone have maxima working on Fedora Core 6?

[Michael Schwendt]

On 15/09/2007, Antonio Olivares  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,

1.) For downgrades you need to add the --oldpackage option.

> [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

2.) maxima and maxima-gui are built from the same source rpm, so
certainly you can downgrade by giving rpm multiple packages at once:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/repoview/M.group.html