11.4. Installing Maple™
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## 11.4. Installing Maple™

Contributed by Aaron Kaplan.
Thanks to Robert Getschmann.

Maple™ is a commercial mathematics program similar to Mathematica®. This software must be purchased and licensed from Maplesoft. To install the Linux® version of this software on FreeBSD, follow these steps.

1. Execute the `INSTALL` shell script from the product distribution. Choose the “RedHat” option when prompted by the installation program. A typical installation directory might be `/usr/local/maple`.

2. Copy the license to `/usr/local/maple/license/license.dat`.

3. Install the FLEXlm license manager by running the `INSTALL_LIC` install shell script that comes with Maple™. Specify the primary hostname for the machine for the license server.

4. Patch `/usr/local/maple/bin/maple.system.type` with the following:

   ----- snip ------------------ *** maple.system.type.orig Sun Jul 8 16:35:33 2001 --- maple.system.type Sun Jul 8 16:35:51 2001 *************** *** 72,77 **** --- 72,78 ---- # the IBM RS/6000 AIX case MAPLE_BIN="bin.IBM_RISC_UNIX" ;; + "FreeBSD"|\ "Linux") # the Linux/x86 case # We have two Linux implementations, one for Red Hat and ----- snip end of patch -----

   Note that no whitespace should be present after `"FreeBSD"|\`.

   This patch instructs Maple™ to recognize FreeBSD as a type of Linux® system. The `bin/maple` shell script calls the `bin/maple.system.type` shell script which in turn calls `uname -a` to find out the operating system name. Depending on the OS name it will find out which binaries to use.

5. Start the license server.

   The following script, installed as `/usr/local/rtc/rc.d/lmgrd` is a convenient way to start up `lmgrd`:

   ----- snip ------------ #! /bin/sh PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/maple/bin:/usr/local/maple/FLEXlm/UNIX/LINUX export PATH LICENSE_FILE=/usr/local/maple/license/license.dat LOG=/var/log/lmgrd.log case "$1" in start) lmgrd -c ${LICENSE_FILE} 2>> ${LOG} 1>&2 echo -n " lmgrd" ;; stop) lmgrd -c ${LICENSE_FILE} -x lmdown 2>> ${LOG} 1>&2 ;; *) echo "Usage: `basename $0` {start|stop}" 1>&2 exit 64 ;; esac exit 0 ----- snip ------------

6. Test that Maple™ starts:

   `%` `cd /usr/local/maple/bin` `%` `./xmaple`

   Once everything is working, consider writing Maplesoft to let them know you would like a native FreeBSD version!

### 11.4.1. Common Pitfalls

- `lmgrd` is known to be picky about the license file and to dump core if there are any problems. A correct license file should look like this:

  # ======================================================= # License File for UNIX Installations ("Pointer File") # ======================================================= SERVER chillig ANY #USE_SERVER VENDOR maplelmg FEATURE Maple maplelmg 2000.0831 permanent 1 XXXXXXXXXXXX \ PLATFORMS=i86_r ISSUER="Waterloo Maple Inc." \ ISSUED=11-may-2000 NOTICE=" Technische Universitat Wien" \ SN=XXXXXXXXX

  ### Note:

  In this example, the serial number and key were replaced with `X`. `chillig` is the hostname.

  Editing the license file works as long as the “FEATURE” line is not edited. That line is protected by the license key.

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