MAXIMA_PREFIX problem (apparently rpm dependency problem)

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[root@localhost root]# rpm -Uvh maxima-xmaxima-5.9.1-1.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
tk is needed by maxima-xmaxima-5.9.1-1

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To the author of the original bug report, if you're still
watching -- I'd like to help but I think more info is
needed. I have a very similar system (RH Fedora) and I can
run Maxima as installed from the maxima-5.9.1-1 and
maxima-exec-cmucl-5.9.1-1 rpm's (downloaded from
Sourceforge). So it looks like your environment is
different. Maybe you can give some more details to help us
get started. -- Robert Dodier
(robert_dodier@users.sourceforge.net)

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I have the same pb. with SuSE 8.1!
Even after:

export MAXIMA_PREFIX=/usr/share/maxima/5.9.1

and variations. Tricks welcome!

kracklau@fossi.uni-weimar.de

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This diagnostic appeared on at least one system because no
maxima-exec-...rpm was installed. Can be seen as a bug in
the maxima...rpm package, which fail if there is no exec.

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The maxima rpm should require a maxima-exec rpm, so that
maxima cannot be installed without maxima-exec-something;
this requirement should make the MAXIMA_PREFIX problem go
away (per comments below).

The easiest thing to do is to add a line "Requires:
maxima_exec" in maxima.spec.in after "BuildRoot:" (circa
line 27). The maxima-exec packages already have "Provides:
maxima_exec".

To get a little more fancy, we could require the version
numbers of maxima and maxima-exec to match. I am also
inclined to change maxima_exec to maxima-exec but that is a
very minor issue.

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maxima.spec now says the maxima rpm requires the
maxima-exec-foo rpm, so that's good. However (1) should make
maxima rpm depend on maxima-exec with same version number,
and (2) change maxima_exec to maxima-exec. Marking this for
followup (seems like a good time since new release coming soon).

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maxima.spec.in has been modified to make maxima depend on
maxima-exec with the same version number (and vice versa).
So attempting to install a maxima rpm without maxima-exec
(or vv) should cause an rpm installation error (not a Maxima
run-time error). Closing this report as fixed.