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Old 10-20-2007, 05:21 PM   #1
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maple v and slackware


Has anyone had any luck getting this program to work with slackware?

Edit: Can you recommend an open source program similar to maple? I heard Maxima is good

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Old 10-21-2007, 03:09 PM   #2
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Hello, I haven't tried to run Maple on linux but if you like a computer algebra system try Maxima or other CAS (there are a lot). Also if you prefer numerical computation like Matlab there is a free software called GNU Octave and it's nice because its syntax is similar to Matlab.

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Old 10-22-2007, 03:22 PM   #3
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Im not too impressed with maxima since it fails to run on my computer, even after an error free install.
 
Old 11-01-2007, 07:59 PM   #4
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I personally have yet to find a CAS, running on linux or windows, that actually has the functionality I wanted. What kind of functionality are you looking for? Solving algebraic equations, or number crunching?

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Mostly solving equations.

I would also like to use the same language as Maple, which apparently Maxima does. I haven't been able to get Maxima running on my computer yet though.
 
Old 11-07-2007, 10:02 PM   #6
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I attempted (and failed) to get Maple 10 to work on Wine. Wouldn't get past the installation stage. At present it's one of only two programs (the other is Sibelius) that I have to use on XP.
 
Old 11-07-2007, 10:51 PM   #7
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Maple has Linux version.
 
Old 11-07-2007, 11:03 PM   #8
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I didn't have the linux version. Got it second-hand off a friend.
 
Old 11-08-2007, 08:56 PM   #9
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I actually own a linux copy of Maple V, but was unable to install it.

Don't remember the exact problem but I spent a weekend a few years ago trying to install it but couldn't (I seem to recall that it needed an old version of elflibs or something that I also couldn't install).

From what I read Maxima has better functionality than Maple V with the same math language interface.

One of these days I will make a serious attempt to get it up and running.
 
Old 11-09-2007, 01:43 AM   #10
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There are packages for maxima at slacky.eu. (Or you could just use the SlackBuilds.)

maxima (You'll also need this... rlwrap)
 
Old 11-10-2007, 06:25 PM   #11
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Thanks for the link. I was able to get Maxima running with that package.

I may have had errors running Maxima because I didnt have rlwrap

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Old 11-10-2007, 08:32 PM   #12
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I installed wxMaxima, a gui for Maxima. I am still getting a feel for it but so far I'm impressed.
 
  


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