10.4. Installing Maple™

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.

If you have not done so, order a license for Maple from Maple Waterloo Software (http://register.maplesoft.com/) and copy it to /usr/local/maple/license/license.dat.

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

Patch the /usr/local/maple/bin/maple.system.type file 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 -----

Please note that after the "FreeBSD"|\ no other whitespace should be present.

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.

Start the license server.

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

   ----- snip ------------

#! /bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/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 ------------

Test-start Maple:

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

You should be up and running. Make sure to write Maplesoft to let them know you would like a native FreeBSD version!