Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 02:19:34 +0200 From: Carlo Strub <cs@carlostrub.ch> To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Update of Handbook Section 10.3 Mathematica Message-ID: <2C9C6ED8-61B3-4214-8BE3-E2DCC5FBF1AE@carlostrub.ch>
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Here is an update for the Mathematica Installing Section for
installing Mathematica 6.X.
Cheers,
CS
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FreeBSD Handbook
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10.3 Installing Mathematica®
Updated for Mathematica 6.= X by CS.=20
This document describes the process of installing the Linux version of
Mathematica® 6.X= onto a FreeBSD system.
The Linux version of Mathematica or Mathematica for Students can be
ordered dire= ctly from Wolfram at [3]http://www.wolfram.com/.
10.3.1 Running the= Mathematica Installer
First, you have to tell FreeBSD that Mathematica's Linux binaries use
the Linux A= BI. The easiest way to do so is to set the default ELF
brand to Linux for all unbranded bin= aries with the command:
# sysctl kern.fallback_elf_brand=3D3
This will make FreeBSD assume that unbranded ELF binaries use the
Linux = ABI and so you should be able to run the installer straight
from the CDROM.
Now, copy the file MathInstaller from the CD= ROM to your hard drive
(for directly downloaded binaries see below):
# mount /cdrom
# cp /cdrom/Unix/Installers/Linux/MathInstaller /localdir=
/
and in this file, replace /bin/sh in the firs= t line by
/compat/linux/bin/sh. This makes sure that the insta= ller is executed
by the Linux version of [4]sh(1). Next, replace all occurrences of
Linux) by FreeBSD) with a text editor or the script below in the next
section. This tells the = Mathematica inst= aller, who calls uname -s
to determine the operating system, to t= reat FreeBSD as a Linux-like
operating system. Invoking MathInstaller= will now install
Mathematica.
In case you have downloaded the file Mathematica_= 6.0.x_LINUX.sh from
the link e-mailed to you, invoke this shell script= and follow the
standard instructions.
10.3.2 Modifying t= he Mathematica Executables
The shell scripts that Mathematica created during installation have=
to be modified before you can use them. If you chose /usr/local/bin=
as the directory to place the Mathematica executables in, you will
find sy= mlinks in this directory to files called math, mathematica,
Mathematica, MathKernel, and mcc. In each of these, replace Linux) by
FreeBSD). You can do this with a text editor or the following shell
script:
#!/bin/sh
cd /usr/local/bin
for i in math mathematica Mathematica MathKernel mcc
do sed 's/Linux)/FreeBSD)/g' $i > $i.tmp
sed 's/\/bin\/sh/\/compat\/linux\/bin\/sh/g' $i.tmp > $i
rm $i.tmp
chmod a+x $i
done
Second, replace the string "${SystemID}" =3D "Linux"<= /tt> by
"${SystemID}" =3D "FreeBSD" in math.
10.3.3 Obtaining Y= our Mathematica Password
When you start Mathem= atica for the first time, you will be asked for
a password. If you have not yet o= btained a password from Wolfram,
run the program mathinfo = in the installation directory to obtain
your "machine ID". This machin= e ID is based solely on the MAC
address of your first Ethernet card, so you cannot run yo= ur copy of
Mathematica on d= ifferent machines.
When you register with Wolfram, either by email, phone or fax, you
will = give them the "machine ID" and they will respond with a
corresponding passwor= d consisting of groups of numbers.
10.3.4 Running the= Mathematica Frontend over a Network
Mathematica uses some special fonts to display characters not present
in any of the standard font= sets (integrals, sums, Greek letters,
etc.). The X protocol requires these fonts= to be install locally.
This mea= ns you will have to copy these fonts from the CDROM or from
a host with Mathematica installed to your local machine.= These fonts
are normally stored in /cdrom/Unix/Files/SystemFiles/Fon= ts on the
CDROM, or /usr/local/mathematica/SystemFiles/Fonts on your hard drive.
The actual fonts are in the subdirectories Ty= pe1 and X. There are
several ways to use them, as described= below.
The first way is to copy them into one of the existing font
directories = in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts. This will require editing=
the fonts.dir file, adding the font names to it, and ch= anging the
number of fonts on the first line. Alternatively, you should also just
be a= ble to run [5]mkfontdir= (1) in the directory you have copied
them to.
The second way to do this is to copy the directories to
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts:
# cd /usr/X11R6/lib/=
X11/fonts
# mkdir X
# mkdir MathType1
# cd /cdrom/Unix/Files/SystemFiles/Fonts
# cp X/* /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/X
# cp Type1/* /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/MathType1
# cd /usr/X11R6/lib/=
X11/fonts/X
# mkfontdir
# cd ../MathType1
# mkfontdir
Now add the new font directories to your font path:
# xset fp+ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/X
# xset fp+ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/MathType1
# xset fp rehash
If you are using the Xorg server, you can h= ave these font
directories loaded automatically by adding them to your xorg.conf
file.
Note: For XFree86(TM) servers, the configuration fi= le is
XF86Config.
If you do not = already have a directory called
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1= , you can change the name of the
MathType1 directory in the exam= ple above to Type1.
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[10]ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/F= reeBSD/doc/.
For questions about FreeBSD, read the [11]documentation before
contacti= ng <[12]questions@FreeBSD.org>.
For questions about this documentation, e-mail <[13]doc@FreeBSD.org>.
References
1. file://localhost/tmp/3D"linuxemu-lbc-=
2. file://localhost/tmp/3D"linuxemu-map=
3. 3D"http://www.wolfram.com/"
4. 3D"http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dsh&sektion=3D1"
5. 3D"http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dmkfontdir&sektion=3D=
6. file://localhost/tmp/3D"linuxemu-lbc-ins=
7. file://localhost/tmp/3D"index.html"
8. file://localhost/tmp/3D"linuxemu-maple.=
9. file://localhost/tmp/3D"linuxemu.html"
10. 3D"ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/"
11. 3D"http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html"
12. 3D"mailto:questions@FreeBSD.org"
13. 3D"mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org"
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