Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:27:10 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Boris Hollas <hollas@informatik.uni-ulm.de>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mathematica 5 installation - updated Message-ID: <20050328182710.GA14375@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050326205419.GA2389@nosferatu.blackend.org> 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>
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--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--
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