Last I looked into this, the problem with doing anything in sage using Maxima was indeed that Maxima in Ubuntu is totally broken, and nobody has made a serious attempt to fix it.
See <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/maxima> -- Sage crashes on solve/diff/integrate https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/487088 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
