Mathematica 7.0 on FBSD 8

[monty_hall]

I'm writing this as I'm hoping somebody can help make this less hackish. The following installs and places icon into gnome menu.


run /compat/linux/bin/bash
run MathInstaller from cd or other iso mountpoint etc. I used all defaults.
Ignore exit error - and exit bash
With favorite editor, edit mathematica, math, Mathematica, and MathKernel in the /usr/local/bin directory.

#!/bin/sh -> #!/compat/linux/bin/sh
Change cases: "Linux)" -> "FreeBSD)"

With same editor, edit mathematica & Mathematica:
ORIG_FONTCONFIG_FILE="/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" -> ORIG_FONTCONFIG_FILE="/usr/local/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"

ln -s /compat/linux/usr/local/share/applications/wolfram-mathematica.desktop /usr/local/share/applications
run update-desktop-database
copy or symlink contents of subdirectories of /compat/linux/usr/local/share/icons/... to /usr/local/share/icons.
Pick an icon you'd like to appear in the gnome menu and copy or symlink any wolfram-mathematica.png from the /compat/linux/usr/local/share/icons directory to /usr/local/share/pixmaps.



mathematica 6 or 7 runs a lot better - appearance, crash, and sound wise - under FreeBSD's 8.0 linux_base-f10 than linux_base-fc4.


Monty

[everypot]

I'm using FreeBSD 8.0 RC3 + linux_base-f10+ KDE 4.3 and just installed Mathematica 6.

I don't find any
ORIG_FONTCONFIG_FILE="/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"
in /usr/local/bin/mathematica & Mathematica
I don't have /local in /compat/linux/usr/.

My wolfram-mathematica.desktop is in /usr/local/kde4/share/applications/, not /usr/local/share/applications

I have /usr/local/kde4/share/icons/mono/scalable/apps/mathematica.svgz, not /compat/linux/usr/local/share/icons/wolfram-mathematica.png

Are you using gnome?


With same editor, edit mathematica & Mathematica:
ORIG_FONTCONFIG_FILE="/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" -> ORIG_FONTCONFIG_FILE="/usr/local/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"

ln -s /compat/linux/usr/local/share/applications/wolfram-mathematica.desktop /usr/local/share/applications
run update-desktop-database
copy or symlink contents of subdirectories of /compat/linux/usr/local/share/icons/... to /usr/local/share/icons.
Pick an icon you'd like to appear in the gnome menu and copy or symlink any wolfram-mathematica.png from the /compat/linux/usr/local/share/icons directory to /usr/local/share/pixmaps.
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mathematica 6 or 7 runs a lot better - appearance, crash, and sound wise - under FreeBSD's 8.0 linux_base-f10 than linux_base-fc4.

Monty

[monty_hall]

* I'm running gnome.

* For MMA 6.0, I used linux-f8 on freebsd 7.2, IIRC, I didn't have to do anything other than install from linux bash. My ruler/zoom worked on 1st execution of mma. 2+ executions, didn't work(unless I opened a document that was saved with an exposed toolbar). Using mma w/ default font size was a pain...

* For MMA 7.0, I didn't have luck w/ linux-f8, but it worked fine for me under fbsd 8 linux-f10. This time, I had to modify the scripts for fonts. So far, everything seems to work. I've never contributed a port, but I may try breaking my teeth on this - to have it install/uninstall to proper directories.

[everypot]

Thanks. I will try mathematica 7 on fb8. Could you explain how to modify the fonts scripts?