Cannot run Mathematica 6.0.3

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 4 22:02:45 UTC 2008


On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Claude Jones <cjones at levitjames.com> wrote:
>> I have just installed Mathematica 6.0.3, but when try to run
>> it, I get the following error:
>>
>> «An error has occurred while Mathematica was starting up.
>> Mathematica may not function properly until this problem is
>> resolved. You may choose to continue anyway, but you could
>> encounter additional problem.»
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> Last I'd heard, Ver 6 wouldn't run on Linux. Just now, I found
> this on their website:
> **********************************************************
> Linux x86
>
> Linux 2.4 or later
> 32-bit, 64-bit
>
> Mathematica 6 has been fully tested on all major Linux
> distributions based on the 2.4 Linux kernel. On newer Linux
> distributions, additional compatibility libraries may need to be
> installed.
> **********************************************************
> So, I'd guess that you're going to have to research what those
> additional libs might be...

Thanks, Claude. I have done some research, but no success. I posted a
message on the Mathematica newsgroup, but nobody has replied so far.

Has someone on the list ever succeeded with running Mathematica 6.0.3 on F9?

Paul




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