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>Index: chapter.sgml
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /host/ares/usr/home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.sgml,v
>retrieving revision 1.26
>diff -u -r1.26 chapter.sgml
>--- chapter.sgml	1999/12/04 06:19:20	1.26
>+++ chapter.sgml	2000/02/21 06:27:57
>@@ -692,35 +692,46 @@
>   <sect1 id="mathematica">
>     <title>How to Install Mathematica on FreeBSD</title>
>     
>-    <para><emphasis>Contributed by &a.rich; and &a.chuck;</emphasis></para>
>-    
>-    <para>This document shows how to install the Linux binary distribution of
>-      Mathematica 2.2 on FreeBSD 2.1.</para>
>-    
>-    <para>Mathematica supports Linux but not FreeBSD as it stands.  So once
>-      you have configured your system for Linux compatibility you have most of
>-      what you need to run Mathematica.</para>
>-    
>-    <para>For those who already have the student edition of Mathematica for
>-      DOS the cost of upgrading to the Linux version at the time this was
>-      written, March 1996, was &#36;45.00.  It can be ordered directly from
>-      Wolfram at (217) 398-6500 and paid for by credit card.</para>
>+    <para>This document describes the process of installing the Linux
>+version of Mathematica 4.0 onto a FreeBSD 3.X system.</para>
>+
>+    <para>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.</para>
> 
>+    <para>The Linux version of Mathematica or Mathematica for Students
>+    can be ordered directly from Wolfram at
>+    http://www.wolfram.com</para>
>+
>     <sect2>
>-      <title>Unpacking the Mathematica distribution</title>
>-	  
>-      <para>The binaries are currently distributed by Wolfram on CDROM. The
>-	CDROM has about a dozen tar files, each of which is a binary
>-	distribution for one of the supported architectures.  The one for
>-	Linux is named <filename>LINUX.TAR</filename>.  You can, for example,
>-	unpack this into <filename>/usr/local/Mathematica</filename>:</para>
>-      
>-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/local</userinput>
>-&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir Mathematica</userinput>
>-&prompt.root; <userinput>cd Mathematica</userinput>
>-&prompt.root; <userinput>tar -xvf /cdrom/LINUX.TAR</userinput></screen>
>-    </sect2>
>+      <title>Branding the Linux binaries</title>
>     
>+      <para>The Linux binaries are located in the
>+      	<filename>Unix</filename> directory of the Mathematica CDROM
>+      	distributed by Wolfram.  You need to copy this directory tree
>+      	to your local hard drive so that you can brand the Linux
>+      	binaries with <filename>brandelf</filename>(1) before running
>+      	the installer :
>+	</para>
>+
>+	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mount /cdrom</userinput>
>+	&prompt.root; <userinput>cp -rp /cdrom/Unix/
>+	/localdir/</userinput>
>+	&prompt.root; <userinput>brandelf -t Linux
>+	/localdir/Files/SystemFiles/Kernel/Binaries/Linux/*</userinput>
>+	&prompt.root; <userinput>brandelf -t Linux
>+	/localdir/Files/SystemFiles/FrontEnd/Binaries/Linux/*</userinput>
>+	&prompt.root; <userinput>brandelf -t Linux
>+	/localdir/Files/SystemFiles/Installation/Binaries/Linux/*</userinput>
>+	&prompt.root: <userinput>cd
>+	/localdir/Installers/Linux/</userinput>
>+	&prompt.root: <userinput>./MathInstaller</userinput>
>+
>+	</screen>
>+
>+      </sect2>
>+    
>     <sect2>
>       <title>Obtaining your Mathematica Password</title>
>       
>@@ -730,136 +741,21 @@
>       <para>Once you have installed the Linux compatibility runtime libraries
> 	and unpacked Mathematica you can obtain the &ldquo;machine
> 	ID&rdquo; by running the program <command>mathinfo</command> in the
>-	Install directory.</para>
>+	Install directory.  This machine ID is based solely on the MAC
>+	address of your first ethernet card.</para>
> 
>-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/local/Mathematica/Install</userinput>
>+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /localdir/Files/SystemFiles/Installation/Binaries/Linux</userinput>
> &prompt.root; <userinput>mathinfo</userinput>
>-LINUX: 'ioctl' fd=5, typ=0x89(), num=0x27 not implemented
>-richc.isdn.bcm.tmc.edu   9845-03452-90255</screen>
>+disco.cdrom.com 7115-70839-20412</screen>
>       
>-      <para>So, for example, the &ldquo;machine ID&rdquo; of
>-	<hostid>richc</hostid> is <literal>9845-03452-90255</literal>.  You
>-	can ignore the message about the ioctl that is not implemented.  It
>-	will not prevent Mathematica from running in any way and you can
>-	safely ignore it, though you will see the message every time you run
>-	Mathematica.</para>
>-	  
>       <para>When you register with Wolfram, either by email, phone or fax, you
> 	will give them the &ldquo;machine ID&rdquo; and they will respond with
>-	a corresponding password consisting of groups of numbers.  You need to
>-	add them both along with the machine name and license number in your
>-	<filename>mathpass</filename> file.</para>
>-	  
>-      <para>You can do this by invoking:</para>
>-      
>-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/local/Mathematica/Install</userinput>
>-&prompt.root; <userinput>math.install</userinput></screen>
>-	    
>-      <para>It will ask you to enter your license number and the Wolfram
>-	supplied password.  If you get them mixed up or for some reason the
>-	<command>math.install</command> fails, that is OK; you can simply edit
>-	the file <filename>mathpass</filename> in this same directory to
>-	correct the info manually.</para>
>-	  
>-      <para>After getting past the password, <command>math.install</command>
>-	will ask you if you accept the install defaults provided, or if you
>-	want to use your own.  If you are like us and distrust all install
>-	programs, you probably want to specify the actual directories.
>-	Beware.  Although the <command>math.install</command> program asks
>-	you to specify directories, it will not
>-	create them for you, so you should perhaps have a second window open
>-	with another shell so that you can create them before you give them to
>-	the install program.  Or, if it fails, you can create the directories
>-	and then restart the <command>math.install</command> program.  The
>-	directories we chose to create beforehand and specify to
>-	<command>math.install</command> were:</para>
>-
>-      <informaltable frame="none">
>-	<tgroup cols="2">
>-	  <tbody>
>-	    <row>
>-	      <entry><filename>/usr/local/Mathematica/bin</filename></entry>
>-	      <entry>for binaries</entry>
>-	    </row>
>-	    
>-	    <row>
>-	      <entry><filename>/usr/local/Mathematica/man/man1</filename></entry>
>-	      <entry>for man pages</entry>
>-	    </row>
>-	    
>-	    <row>
>-	      <entry>/usr/local/Mathematica/lib/X11</entry>
>-	      <entry>for the <filename>XKeysymb</filename> file</entry>
>-	    </row>
>-	  </tbody>
>-	</tgroup>
>-      </informaltable>
>-      
>-      <para>You can also tell it to use <filename>/tmp/math.record</filename>
>-	for the system record file, where it puts logs of sessions.  After
>-	this <command>math.install</command> will continue on to unpacking
>-	things and placing everything where it should go.</para>
>-	  
>-      <para>The Mathematica Notebook feature is included separately, as the X
>-	Front End, and you have to install it separately.  To get the X Front
>-	End stuff correctly installed, cd into the
>-	<filename>/usr/local/Mathematica/FrontEnd</filename> directory and
>-	execute the <command>xfe.install</command> shell script.  You will
>-	have to tell it where to put things, but you do not have to create any
>-	directories because it will use the same directories that had been
>-	created for <command>math.install</command>.  When it finishes, there
>-	should be a new shell script in
>-	<filename>/usr/local/Mathematica/bin</filename> called
>-	<filename>mathematica</filename>.</para>
>-	  
>-      <para>Lastly, you need to modify each of the shell scripts that
>-	Mathematica has installed.  At the beginning of every shell script in
>-	<filename>/usr/local/Mathematica/bin</filename> add the following
>-	line:</para>
>-
>-      <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>XKEYSYMDB=/usr/local/Mathematica/lib/X11/XKeysymDB; export XKEYSYMDB</userinput></screen>
>-	    
>-      <para>This tells Mathematica were to find its own
>-	version of the key mapping file <filename>XKeysymDB</filename>.
>-	Without this you will get pages of error messages about missing
>-	key mappings.</para>
>-      
>-      <para>On 2.1-STABLE you need to add the following as well:</para>
>-      
>-      <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>RESOLV_HOST_CONF=/compat/linux/etc/host.conf; export RESOLV_HOST_CONF</userinput></screen>
>-	    
>-      <para>This tells Mathematica to use the Linux version of
>-	<filename>host.conf</filename>.  This file has a different syntax
>-	from FreeBSD's <filename>host.conf</filename>, so you will
>-	get an error message about <filename>/etc/host.conf</filename> if you
>-	leave this out.</para>
>-	  
>-      <para>You might also want to modify your
>-	<filename>/etc/manpath.config</filename> file to read the new man
>-	directory, and you may need to edit your <filename>~/.cshrc</filename>
>-	file to add <filename>/usr/local/Mathematica/bin</filename> to your
>-	path.</para>
>-	  
>-      <para>That is about all it takes.  With this you should be able to type
>-	<command>mathematica</command> and get a really slick looking
>-	Mathematica Notebook screen up.  Mathematica has included the Motif
>-	user interfaces, but it is compiled in statically, so you do not need
>-	the Motif libraries.  Good luck doing this yourself!</para>
>+	a corresponding password consisting of groups of numbers.  You
>+	can then enter this information when you attempt to run
>+	Mathematica for the first time exactly as you would for any
>+	other Mathematica platform.</para>
>     </sect2>
>     
>-    <sect2>
>-      <title>Bugs</title>
>-      
>-      <para>The Notebook front end is known to hang sometimes when reading
>-	notebook files with an error messages similar to:</para>
>-	  
>-      <screen><errorname>File .../Untitled-1.mb appears to be broken for OMPR.257.0</errorname></screen>
>-	    
>-      <para>We have not found the cause for this, but it only affects the
>-	Notebook's X Window front end, not the mathematica engine itself. So
>-	the command line interface invoked by <command>math</command> is
>-	unaffected by this bug.</para>
>-    </sect2>
>     
>     <sect2>
>       <title>Acknowledgments</title>

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