From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 28 18:27:11 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DDF016A4CE for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:27:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1896343D1D for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:27:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j2SIRAgp018279; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:27:10 -0800 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id j2SIRAJM018269; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:27:10 -0800 Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:27:10 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Boris Hollas , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050328182710.GA14375@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <20050302143958.1483e0b9.hollas@informatik.uni-ulm.de> <20050302134214.GI42515@nosferatu.blackend.org> <20050302175840.06b4031f.hollas@informatik.uni-ulm.de> <20050326205419.GA2389@nosferatu.blackend.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9amGYk9869ThD9tj" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050326205419.GA2389@nosferatu.blackend.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu Subject: Re: Mathematica 5 installation - updated X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:27:11 -0000 --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 09:54:20PM +0100, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 05:58:40PM +0100, Boris Hollas wrote: > [...] >=20 > Hi, >=20 >=20 > I have some comments regarding your changes: >=20 > >=20 > > #[1]FreeBSD Handbook [2]Linux Binary Compatibility [3]Installation > > [4]Installing Maple > >=20 > > FreeBSD Handbook > > [5]Prev Chapter 10 Linux Binary Compatibility [6]Next > > ____________________________________________________________________= __ > >=20 > > 10.3 Installing Mathematica? > >=20 > > Updated for Mathematica 5 by Boris Hollas. > >=20 > > This document describes the process of installing the Linux version = of > > Mathematica? 5 onto a FreeBSD system. >=20 > May we keep from the current section: >=20 > "The Linux version of Mathematica runs perfectly under FreeBSD however > the binaries shipped by Wolfram need to be branded so that FreeBSD knows > to use the Linux ABI to execute them." > ? In my experience, branding isn't actually required. I've actually got a port in perforce that is most of what you need to do a basic Mathematica 5.1 install (minus the font stuff since I'm actually running Grid Mathematica on a cluster). If there's intrest, I'll work on polishing it and get is committed. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCSEx9XY6L6fI4GtQRAroPAJ9eH4bMWVa0juijV6H3m+U2DyCGugCgz9/E W0kxro4yszqoaRlfF43P60w= =87kK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9amGYk9869ThD9tj--