How I installed Mathematica 8 in Linux (Ubuntu 10.10)

[rewyllys]

Having purchased Mathematica 8 for Linux from Wolfram Research, Inc. (www.wolfram.com), I downloaded the following file:


Mathematica_8.0.0_LINUX_MachineSpecific.sh


Next, to help guard against file loss, I copied this file to a DVD-R disk, which I named


Mathematica_8_Linux


With this DVD in my disk drive, "/media", and following instructions available on the Wolfram Website, I used "sudo gnome-terminal" in a Terminal session to open a second session as root. As root, I used


chmod +x Mathematica_8.0.0_LINUX_MachineSpecific.sh


to make this file executable (this is an important step).


Next, as root I moved to directory "/usr/local" and issued the command


sh /media/Mathematica_8_Linux/Mathematica_8.0.0_LINUX_MachineSpecific.sh


in order to execute the installation script. Thereafter, I responded to the prompts from the installation script, accepting the default options offered by the script, since they suited my situation.

[nitrogensixteen]

If the installer will not allow you to register following Activation,

sudo rm -r /usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica
sudo rm -r $HOME/.Mathematica
cd /usr/local
sudo sh $PATH_TO_INSTALLER

choose install directories
while activating, either
1)

sudo nano /usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica/Licensing/mathpass

2)

nano $HOME/Mathematica/Licensing/mathpass

file format is:
hostname MATHID LICENSE_NUMBER PASSWORD
then complete activation and registration

no idea why this problem occurred but this will allow it to load.

[nitrogensixteen]

Additionally, in the event that CUDALink will not work:
Follow the instructions in this forum for manual installation of nvidia devdriver's vice the ubuntu supplied package, ubuntu package puts libraries in non-standard locations.

Install the cuda sdk and then make the gpucomputing examples to verify cuda is available and nvcc is configured, executing more resource hungry applications will require adding "vmalloc=256mb" or some larger allocation in your linux grub commandline.

Open a new notebook in Mathematica and execute:

Needs["CUDALink`"]
CUDAQ[]

This may return false.

If the stderr in the terminal you ran mathematica from spits out garbage about cuInit being undefined symbol from the mathematica cudalink_single/double library, then libcudart is not loaded and exporting the cuInit routine which initializes cuda. add the following to your .bashrc

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/cuda/lib
LD_PRELOAD=$LD_PRELOAD:/usr/local/cuda/lib/libcudart.so

after that run a new terminal or reload the environment and run Mathematica again, execute the same commands and it should return true.

SystemInformation[]

Will bring up info about your cuda machines under links->cuda.

[jbbishop2]

Hello, and thank you for posting your installation method.

I'm having problems trying to install Mathematica 8.0 on Ubuntu 10.04. I downloaded a copy of Mathematica_8.0.0_Student_LINUX.sh from the Wolfram site to the desktop. Double-clicking on the icon opened a dialog box offering to run in a terminal window, or just Run, cancel, etc. I've tried selecting both Run and Run in a terminal window, either will start the installer. It verifies archive integrity for a while, then starts installing. When it gets to the first question about where to install the files, I try Enter to select the default. It comes back saying it cannot create the directory, suggests I need to be logged in as root, and asks again. Hitting Enter each time just repeats the question, trying anything else (including sudo -s, trying to get to the root) brings "Create directory (y/n)?" Answering y allows it to continue. Same sort of questions and responses for the script directory, and then it says it's done installing. After which I can't find anything that looks like it installed anywhere.

So, the installer appears to run, I just can't get it to create the directories. It must be something simple and I'm sorry to be so thick, but where am I going wrong?

Thanks,
John

[jbuceta]

Hi there,

*I have installed Mathematica 8 in Ubuntu 10.10
*I have also installed CUDA sdk, driver...and the test are working fine
*My GPU is fully supported my Mathematica (TESLA C1060)
*I have also checked that the environment variables are well defined
* Now the problem is:

Mathematica says that cuda library is loaded but can not be initialized, any clue?

Cheers,

J

[rewyllys]

Hello, and thank you for posting your installation method . . . . When it gets to the first question about where to install the files, I try Enter to select the default. It comes back saying it cannot create the directory, suggests I need to be logged in as root, and asks again. . . .

I'd suggest that you try starting the whole installation by using "sudo gnome-terminal", so that you're doing the installation as root.

[Boulemans]

while activating, either
1)

sudo nano /usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica/Licensing/mathpass

2)

nano $HOME/Mathematica/Licensing/mathpass

file format is:
hostname MATHID LICENSE_NUMBER PASSWORD
then complete activation and registration

What do you mean with this line? I've installed Mathematica 8 with a .sh file, then I've created the /usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica/Licensing/ directory, touched the mathpassfile. Then I've run mathematica, filled in the fields in the GUI and in the mathpass text file I've typed:

"hostname \tab \mathid \tab \license_number \tab \pw", where I've used the logical numbers for mathid, license_number and pw.

But this doesn't work for me. I am still stuck with the "Get access to your benefits. Register Mathematica now!" page.

[justanotherhandle]

I know that this is an old(er) thread, but I just wanted to thank rewyllys and nitrogensixteen for posting. With the information provided I was able to successfully install Mathematica 8.

Much appreciated!

[rewyllys]

You're most welcome!

[nishthedevil]

Hi, there,

Well mathematica 8 has a new field called activation key as opposed to license number and am having problem getting it activated,
can anyone help me on this please