xmaple and Fc5 (maple 10)

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Mike Cohler wrote:

> "Chitlesh GOORAH" <chitlesh () fedoraproject ! org> wrote:
>
>> I'm having the same problem with xmaple, I have only the splash screen
>> even with SELInux disabled
>> 
>> Any help will be welcome since, I'm migrating some windows nodes to FC6
>
> I had some initial problems installing maple 10 but my procedure to
> get going with a clean FC6 installation was as follows:

The following instructions essentially parallel the ones at 
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/maple.shtml.  Also note that for FC6 you 
need to install compat-libstdc++-33 and libXp RPMs, and you probably need 
the selinux fix as well.

>
> 1) Insert the CD and ensure the CD is umounted (it is in /dev/hda on
> my machine) (change as necessary).
>
> 2) Now assume that you have made a directory to hold the install files
> called /home/username/maple10/cd_files
>
> 3) # cd /home/username/maple10/cd_files to check that the directory exists.
>
> 4) Now loop-mount the CD: Make sure that the CD is not mounted - and
> as root create a mount point
> # mkdir -p /mnt/iso
> Then
> # mount -o loop /dev/hda /mnt/iso
>
> 5) Now copy the files to the directory in the user area called
> /home/username/maple10/cd-files,
> # cd /mnt/iso/
> # rsync -av * /home/username/maple10/cd_files/ . (or equivalent)
>
> Change to the appropriate directory containing the install files in
> the user area - you can now umount the CD as it is not needed from
> this point. So:
> # cd /home/username/maple10/cd_files/Linux/Disk1/InstData/VM
>
> Now edit the LinuxInstaller.bin file retaining its size exactly and
> comment out the export line as follows - this is crucial! If you don't
> know how to use vim then don't do this without help!
> # vim -b +2134 LinuxInstaller.bin
>
> change
> '        export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL'
> to
> '#       export LD_ASSUME_KERNE'
>
> save and quit
>
> Now enter the main maple10 cd_files directory again, and run the
> install script as user (I ignored the warning "error while loading
> shared libraries: ibdl.so.2"):
>
> # cd /home/username/maple10/cd_files
> # sh installMapleLinuxSU
>
> Follow the instructions presented, and allow the install to go to a
> directory of your choice (Better in a non-root partition so that in
> future even with a system install the Maple files will remain
> untouched.) Enter the Purchase Code when prompted.
>
> Now add a desktop icon pointing to the application binary in the
> install area e.g. somepath/maple10/bin/xmaple
> Finally double clicking the new icon will run Maple 10 !!! In my case
> the first time running it said that I need to enter the activation
> code again! However clicking OK seems to load the program fine - next
> time it just seemed to work.
>
> I also note the warning - if your system is using SELinux you may have 
> trouble.
>
> HTH
>

-- 
 		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs