HOWTO: Maple

[pete-the-meat]

Hi - thanks for the instructions - the install worked fine after a wee bit of fiddling The only problem is that when I run xmaple (I use /root/maple9.5/bin/xmaple) it just won't start - the command line version works just fine but I need to use the gui for plotting and such... I tried capturing the output of the program using nohup but it exits without saying anything so I have absolutely no idea what the problem is.

(I am now using ArchLinux and KDE4.1 but this is the only guide I could find anywhere that applied to the problem)

[tesfa]

Hey all. I'm really new to ubuntu and I'm trying to load maple 10 on Intrepid Ibex. I followed the HOWTO and I still got the same error message. Any help would be much appreciated.

[freemath]

Great How-to. Still one problem: Maple just won't start. When I execute xmaple in the terminal nothing shows, no window, no error.
I use Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10) 64-bit and Maple 10 .bin installer provided by my university. The activation failed in the installation process (too many registrations on purchase code). Could that be the problem? I just skipped the activation step and Maple assured me I can activate at a later time.
Edit: Now I have downloaded a license.dat file the maple commandline tool comes with the following:

So I found out that I miss the X86_64 dir! Well... I just symlinked that non-existing dir to the bin.IBM_INTEL_LINUX dir (Is that a good idea?). Now Maple is complaining about the license file.

Edit2: I also needed to symlink the jre dir. Besides, somehow the license file I downloaded was empty.
Solved that and now Maple is up and running @ Gutsy 64-bit!
Edit3:

For in the how-to
If you're running 64-bit version you need to symlink the non-existing dirs bin.X86_64_LINUX and jre_X86_64_LINUX to their 32-bit equivalents:

# First go to the install location e.g. /usr/local/maple10/
$ ln -s bin.IBM_INTEL_LINUX/ bin.X86_64_LINUX
$ ln -s jre.IBM_INTEL_LINUX/ jre.X86_64_LINUX

If you must use a network license and you don't get this option when installing Maple (Maple 11 & up seems to provide this):
download the license.dat file you must acquire from your institution or company and place it in the license/ dir.

Simply making a symbolic link didn't do it for me. I copied jre.IBM_INTEL_LINUX to a new directory jre.X86_64_LINUX. This works.

Thanks!

[waterfish]

I just successfully install maple 9.5 for single user on Ubuntu 11.04 after many trials.
The guide provided by https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Maple/
is lack of some detail for this version of ubuntu.

Before you do this:
1. use the Ubuntu software center to install the <libghc6, font python font manager>

2. Info: Maple will be install in directory: opt/maple9.5
Copy the files from cdrom to home/user
(note: if you cannot mount the cdrom: you will need isobuster under Windows to extract the needed files from the right track).
3. use the commands as recommended by ubuntu community:
(i) use terminal (control + alt +T) to enter the following command lines after lines -- each ending with <enter>
(ii) sudo mkdir -p /opt/maple9.5 (you shall install in this directory)
(iii) sudo ./installMapleLinuxSU

Maple installer will appear:
>> enter serial number
>> directory -- you must locate opt/maple9.5 (do not use root directory)
>> message will indicate success and you now can close the installer.

(iv) Terminal screen may report some problems -- just ignore but record the message on paper for future use
(v) use the exact command given by ubuntu comm guide.
on the terminal, add these two lines:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin <enter>
sudo ln -s /opt/maple9.5/bin/{x, } maple/user/local/bin

(vi) You are DONE with installing
You will need to run maple.
How? click <system file> <opt> <maple9.5><bin>
select <xmaple> <copy to > <desktop>
(vii) from desktop click <xmaple> select <run>
(viii) you can see maple appears ... good luck.









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