From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 16 17:03:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA18292 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 17:03:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA18279 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 17:03:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA23486; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 17:02:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 17:02:47 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Ryan or Elsie cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: maxima In-Reply-To: <3650A069.1E5E@netgsi.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Ryan or Elsie wrote: > Hello, > > Where can I get maxima (a large computer algebra system for symbolic and > numerical computations)? > > I find it listed (maxima-5.0 in the math category) on page 1649 in > Appendix D (Contents of the Ports Collection) in "The Complete FreeBSD" > by Greg Lehey, but I can't find maxima on the 2.2.7 cdrom set. > > I am a new user of FreeBSD (I have the 2.2.7 cdrom set and the latest > edition of "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey.) so I am probably > overlooking something elementary. It's probably distribution-restricted. Download it from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.7-RELEASE/ports. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message