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Installing a New Module for MAXIMA

After design, implementation, testing, compiling, more testing etc., your module seems finally ready for inclusion in the MAXIMA system as a facility for all other MAXIMA users. This is an exciting time indeed. There are several things to do before a module can be successfully included.

(1)

The module must have been compiled and tested extensively.

(2)

The module must be subjected to an integration test provided by the "runtest" command explained in /user/docs/reports/vaxtest.

(3)

There must be clear comments and appropriate internal documentation in the module.

(4)

There must be a demo file for this module which contains: (a) documentation of usage and simple examples, (b) test cases for the module. This demo file is a batch-able file for MAXIMA.

(5)

Follow the installation procedure to include the module under the directory /usr/local/maxima/kent. The installation procedure is explained elsewhere.