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The purpose of this page is to explain how to get Mathematica 4.2 up
and running under Ubuntu Linux. Mathematica 4.2 is somewhat tricky to
get running under newer versions of Linux. Since it took me some time to
figure out all the necessary workarounds, I have decided to describe
them here to help others avoid the trouble in the future.
The first problem is that Mathematica 4.2 is apparently not compatible
with the newest versions of glibc. Thus, when I tried installing
Mathematica under Ubuntu Linux 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) I couldn't make it
work. So, I installed Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) instead, since this
uses libc 2.3.6. These notes will explain how to get Mathematica 4.2
running under Ubuntu Dapper Drake.
First, install Mathematica 4.2 from the CD. In order to do
this, the installer may demand that you first create the directory
/usr/tmp. After the install finishes, if you try to run
Mathematica it will crash. This is because by default, the version
installed uses statically linked libraries rather than dynamically linked
libraries. Fortunately, a version of Mathematica using dynamically
linked libraries is present on the install CD. You just have to
install it manually.
To do this, cp -r the directories:
Files/SystemFiles/Kernel/Binaries/Linux-dyn
Files/SystemFiles/Kernel/SystemResources/Linux-dyn
Files/SystemFiles/Frontend/Binaries/Linux-dyn
Files/SystemFiules/Converters/Binaries/Linux-dyn
from the CD to their corresponding Mathematica install directory.
(By default this is /usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica/4.2/)
Then go into /usr/local/bin and edit the following
startup scripts:
math
mathematica
MathKernel
Mathematica
everywhere sysid=Linux appears, change it to
sysid=Linux-dyn
Then do the same in under the /Executables/Linux/
subdirectory of whatever your top Mathematica directory is.
This is described at Wolfram
Support.
However, after this, Mathematica still gives translation table
errors. To fix this do (as root):
cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11
ln -s /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB XKeySymDB
export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1
This is explained at LinuxQuestions.org
After this it should work once you enter your password.
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