Mathematica 5 installation - updated

[Marc Fonvieille]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 10:27:10AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote:
> > 
> > May we keep from the current section:
> > 
> > "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.
>

[sorry for this delayed answer]

I think a port will save us against many headaches regarding the update
of the documentation and will, of course, be simplier for the end-user.

Marc
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