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:
Code:
# 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.
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