FreeBSD-6.2 and MAPLE-9

[Boris Samorodov]

On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:31:39 -0500 (EST)  wrote:

> Dear FreeBSD:

> Not entirely sure if this is the correct list to post this, but, I've
> recently installed FreeBSD-6.2 on a Pentium 3 box with 1-GB of memory.

This list is for -current users. A more relevant list is
freebsd-stable. And the best one is freebsd-emulation. You may
consider searching the archieve and then asking there.

> I've tried to install all programs that I was able to run with
> FreeBSD-6.1, but the only one that gives me a difficulty so far is the
> mathematics package, MAPLE.  There are some difficulties with doing an
> installation (one needs to definitely have JDK-1.4 installed, and not
> just linux-JDK-1.4).  But even then, after doing the recommended fixes
> as found in the FreeBSD manual, I still get:

> [carl at giediprime ~]$ cd maple9/bin [carl at giediprime ~/maple9/bin]$
> ./maple maple: could not start server

> This particular problem has some roots in the still current difficulty
> of running MAPLE using Fedora Core 4 (or higher).  I point this out,
> in that the package/port "linux-base" went from being based on Red-Hat
> 8 in FreeBSD-6.1 to being based on Fedora Core 4 in FreeBSD-6.2.  I
> was wondering if anyone else has run across problems with MAPLE, and
> what they have done to get around the problem.  I have translated over
> from FreeBSD-6.1 the "linux-base" based on Red-Hat 8, and have gotten
> MAPLE-9 to work in text mode, but cannot get the GUI to work.  To get
> that to work, it world seem that I have a great many packages/ports to
> bring over from FreeBSD-6.1, and was hoping there might be an easier
> method.  Anyone have any alternative thoughts?  Thanks for your help!


WBR
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Boris Samorodov (bsam)
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