Setup : Debian testing, "*maxima*" packages installed from unstable :
charpent@asus16-ec:~$ dpkg -l "*maxima*"
Souhait=inconnU/Installé/suppRimé/Purgé/H=à garder
| État=Non/Installé/fichier-Config/dépaqUeté/échec-conFig/H=semi-
installé/W=attend-traitement-déclenchements
|/ Err?=(aucune)/besoin Réinstallation (État,Err: majuscule=mauvais)
||/ Nom            Version      Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-
=================================
ii  maxima         5.38.1-5     amd64        Computer algebra system --
base s
ii  maxima-doc     5.38.1-5     all          Computer algebra system --
docume
ii  maxima-emacs   5.38.1-5     all          Computer algebra system --
emacs 
ii  maxima-share   5.38.1-5     all          Computer algebra system --
extra 
ii  maxima-src     5.38.1-5     all          Computer algebra system --
source
ii  maxima-test    5.38.1-5     all          Computer algebra system --
test s
ii  wxmaxima       16.04.2-1    amd64        GUI for the computer
algebra syst
ii  xmaxima        5.38.1-5     amd64        Computer algebra system --
x inte

Symptom : imaxima.lisp not found, and not correctable from emacs
interface :
Maxima 5.38.1 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.12
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information.
(%i1) block(load(("/usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/maxima/imaxima.lisp")), 
linenum:0)$

file_search1: /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/maxima/imaxima.lisp not
found in 
                                           file_search_maxima,file_sear
ch_lisp.
 -- an error. To debug this try: debugmode(true);
(%i2) load(("/usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/maxima/imaxima.lisp"));

file_search1: /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/maxima/imaxima.lisp not
found in 
                                           file_search_maxima,file_sear
ch_lisp.
 -- an error. To debug this try: debugmode(true);
(%i3) load("/usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/maxima/imaxima.lisp");

file_search1: /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/maxima/imaxima.lisp not
found in 
                                           file_search_maxima,file_sear
ch_lisp.
 -- an error. To debug this try: debugmode(true);
(%i4) 

Note : the file exists :
charpent@asus16-ec:~$ ls -l /usr/share/emacs24/site-
lisp/maxima/imaxima.lisp 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 nov.   4 09:00 /usr/share/emacs24/site-
lisp/maxima/imaxima.lisp -> /usr/share/emacs/site-
lisp/maxima/imaxima.lisp
charpent@asus16-ec:~$ ls -l /usr/share/emacs/site-
lisp/maxima/imaxima.lisp 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22299 nov.   1 14:00 /usr/share/emacs/site-
lisp/maxima/imaxima.lisp

Nothing relevant in my .emacs. Only maxila-related snippet is :
;; Pour (i)maxima
(setq imaxima-use-maxima-mode-flag t)

==> file path problems still exist.

HTH,

--
Emmanuel Charpentier

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