Maxima Process Terminated in XP
March 6, 2008 – 10:35 amThis is a short post with a simple fix for fellow math students how failed to install wxMaxima on Windows XP.
I had downloaded the maxima installer from sourceforge, and it already contained the wxMaxima frontend.
After installing to “C:\Program Files\Maxima-5.14.0″ I tried to run wxMaxima but it failed to connect to maxima, while displaying the message “maxima process terminated” in the status bar.
Re-installing maxima and wxMaxima (using the same installer) in a directory that did not contain a space character (e.g. “C:\Maxima-5.14.0″) solved the problem for me.
I hope this sovles that problem for other users too.
One Response to “Maxima Process Terminated in XP”
Maxima sounds like a great idea but it really isn’t ready for mainstream. I’ve spent an hour going through all the steps and debug procedures and it doesn’t work. Period. I doubt it would gain many adherents in college due to the fuss to get it to work. Of course, you get what you pay for, but Octave is a much more mature and stable solution.
By Alex on Apr 25, 2008