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This is an old version of Maxima (2022). If you are using Mac Ports, we recommend that you rather install the latest version of Maxima with the following commands:

sudo port selfupdate
sudo port upgrade outdated
sudo port install maxima +sbcl +xmaxima

There are other variants you might add: +abcl, +ccl, +clisp, +ecl, +gcl, for other Lisp versions, and +printable_doc to get a copy of the reference manual in PDF format. You can also install wxMaxima using the same method (sudo port install wxMaxima).

If you use "brew" as a package manager, see the Installation section in our website

"MacPorts-Maxima-5.46.0+b.dmg" is an updated version:

  • SBCL (sbcl port) is updated to version 2.2.4
  • the development version of Maxima (maxima-devel port) is updated
  • the development version of ECL (ecl-devel port) is updated
  • this includes the following update

"MacPorts-Maxima-5.46.0+a.dmg" is an updated version:

  • the development version of Maxima (maxima-devel port) is updated
  • fix an error when building TeXmacs with qt4-mac (without "+qt5" option)
  • fix an error when building TeXmacs with "+qt5" option on earlier versions of macOS (e.g. El-Capitan)

You can install Maxima with MacPorts. MacPorts is a system for compiling, installing, and managing open source software on macOS.

"MacPorts-Maxima-5.46.0+b.dmg" is a compressed disc image file. It contains a new Maxima port-file and a note which explains how to install Maxima-5.46.0, TeXmacs-2.1.1, VTK-8.0.1, and wxMaxima-22.04.0. The port-file is a script written in Tcl/Tk. It describes how to build software and dependencies. So MacPorts interprets it to install software. This way is free from Apple's quarantine.

Please do the following steps:

  1. download the "MacPorts-Maxima-5.46.0+b.dmg" file into the "${HOME}/Downloads" directory.

  2. open "Terminal.app" in the "/Applications/Utilities" directory and enter the next command in order to remove the "quarantine" attribute of the "MacPorts-Maxima-5.46.0+b.dmg" file:

    ls -lt@ ${HOME}/Downloads/MacPorts-Maxima-5.46.0+b.dmg

    xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ${HOME}/Downloads/MacPorts-Maxima-5.46.0+b.dmg

  3. open the "MacPorts-Maxima-5.46.0+b.dmg" file and follow the "ReadMe for Intel Mac.rtf" or "ReadMe for M1 Mac.rtf" file in the disc image. "ReadMe*.rtf" also explains how to use imaxima, TeXmacs, and VTK.

Source: README.md, updated 2026-03-02