Here is a list of combinations of Lisp implementation and operating system which are known to run Maxima.

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Key: OK = passes test suite; A-OK = passes test suite, plot functions make plots, describe returns help text

MS Windows GCL
Clisp
  • Clisp 2.38 + Maxima 5.9.2.99rc2 => OK
Linux -- Fedora binaries
GCL
  • GCL 2.6.7 + Maxima 5.12.0 + Fedora Core 1 => A-OK
  • GCL 2.6.7 + Maxima 5.11.0 + Fedora Core 1 => A-OK
  • GCL 2.6.7 + Maxima 5.10.0 + Fedora Core 1 => A-OK
  • GCL 2.6.7 + Maxima 5.9.3 + Fedora Core 1 => A-OK
  • GCL 2.6.7 + Maxima 5.9.2 + Fedora Core 1 => A-OK
Clisp
  • Clisp 2.38 + Maxima 5.12.0 + Fedora Core 1 => A-OK
  • Clisp 2.38 + Maxima 5.11.0 + Fedora Core 1 => A-OK
  • Clisp 2.38 + Maxima 5.10.0 + Fedora Core 1 => A-OK
  • Clisp 2.34 + Maxima 5.9.3 + Fedora Core 1 => A-OK
  • Clisp 2.34 + Maxima 5.9.2 + Fedora Core 1 => A-OK
SBCL
  • SBCL 1.0 + Maxima 5.12.0 + Fedora Core 1 => A-OK
  • SBCL 1.0 + Maxima 5.11.0 + Fedora Core 1 => A-OK
  • SBCL 0.9.9 + Maxima 5.9.3 + Fedora Core 1 => A-OK
  • SBCL 0.9.4 + Maxima 5.9.2 + Fedora Core 1 => A-OK
CMUCL
  • Various combinations work. Someone who has the specifics should post it here.
Scieneer-CL
Linux -- Slackware binaries
GCL
  • GCL 2.6.7 + Maxima 5.11.99rc2 + Slackware 10.2 => A-OK
Clisp
  • Clisp 2.35 + Maxima 5.11.99rc2 + Slackware 10.2 => A-OK
  • Clisp 2.35 + Maxima 5.11.99rc2 + Slackware 11.0 => A-OK
SBCL
  • SBCL 0.9.12 + Maxima 5.11.99rc2 + Slackware 10.2 => A-OK
CMUCL
  • CMUCL 19c + Maxima 5.11.99rc2 + Slackware 10.2 => A-OK

Many other version combinations work as well but have not been well (or recently) tested.
Linux -- Gentoo Clisp
  • Clisp 2.38 + Maxima 5.9.3 + Gentoo Linux (amd64,x86) => A-OK

Various combinations with other Lisp implementations work, too. Which Lisp implementation to choose can be controlled by the package's USE flags clisp, cmucl, gcl and sbcl. To install, just type as root: emerge sci-mathematics/maxima
Linux -- Debian
  • Maxima page http://packages.debian.org/unstable/math/maxima lists a lot of platforms, although it doesn't mention Lisp implementations. Someone who knows about Debian should post the specifics here.
  • CLisp 2.39 installed from Debian package + Maxima 5.10.0 (Compiled) (amd64) => A-Ok
  • GCL 2.6.7 (Compiled with ANSI rules) + Maxima 5.10.0 (Compiled) (amd64) => A-Ok
  • SBCL 0.9.15 installed from Debian package + Maxima 5.10.0 (Compiled) (amd64) => A-Ok with some warnings in the Test Suite, particularly in rtest15, rtest_allnummod and rtestsum
MacOS X
Building Maxima from source code
Clisp Clisp 2.41 + Maxima 5.12.0 => A-OK
SBCL
  • SBCL 1.0.2 + Maxima 5.12.0 => A-OK
  • SBCL 1.0.16 + Maxima 5.15.0 => A-OK
CMUCL CMUCL 19d + Maxima 5.12.0 => A-OK
Fink
MacPorts
FreeBSD

These all build from the FreeBSD ports system.
CLISP
  • Clisp 2.38 + Maxima 5.9.2
CMUCL
  • CMUCL 19b + Maxima 5.9.2
GCL
  • GCL 2.6.7 + Maxima 5.9.2
SBCL
  • SBCL 0.9.9 + Maxima 5.9.2

These build from cross-platform pkgsrc system:
CLISP
  • CLISP 2.44.1 + Maxima 5.15.0
  • CLISP 2.44.1 + Maxima 5.14.0 (2008Q1)
SBCL
  • SBCL 1.0.15 + Maxima 5.15.0
  • SBCL 1.0.15 + Maxima 5.14.0 (2008Q1)
GCL
  • GCL 2.6.7 + Maxima 5.15.0 (to be tested)
  • GCL 2.6.7 + Maxima 5.14.0 (2008Q1, to be tested)
NetBSD