Introduction

Clemson University has a network license for Maple 12 for Windows XP, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Linux. You will need to be connected to the University network either physically or through a VPN client in order to start Maple. This article will describe the installation of the 64 bit version of Maple 12 on a T61 running the 64 bit version of Fedora 10 with the Gnome desktop. In addition, we show how to set up icon and file association.

Installation

The Linux installation files can be downloaded from the Windows share server software.clemson.edu.

  Gnome panel -> Places -> Connect to Server -> Windows share -> Server: software.clemson.edu/software
      -> Username -> Connect -> Password -> Connect
  Copy the folder Maple/Linux-Unix/Linux/X86_64 to your home directory
  Copy the file Maple/Linux-Unix/Updates/64-bit/Maple1202LinuxX86_64Upgrade.bin to your home directory

Next, install Maple.

  su to root
  # cd /home/username/X86_64/Disk1/InstData/VM
  # chmod 755 Maple12LinuxX86_64Installer.bin
  # ./Maple12LinuxX86_64Installer.bin
  Install Maple 12 from the installation GUI -> install in /usr/local or /opt 
      -> network license -> server: license4.clemson.edu -> Done (I'll assume /usr/local here)       
  # cd /home/username
  # chmod 755 Maple1202LinuxX86_64Upgrade.bin
  # ./Maple1202LinuxX86_64Upgrade.bin     
  Install the Maple 12 update from the GUI -> Done
  # cd /usr/local/bin
  # ln -s xmaple /usr/local/maple12/bin/xmaple

Maple's Flexlm license utility is 32-bit so we need a 32-bit library. This is a bug.

  # yum install glibc-2.9-3.i386

Update the license file.

  Edit /usr/local/maple12/license.dat so that it contains these two lines
  
  SERVER license4.clemson.edu 00137263595B 28004
  USE_SERVER

Maple Mimetype Registration. Create the file

  /usr/share/mime/packages/maple.xml (permissions 644)
  
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info">
    <mime-type type="application/x-maple">
      <comment>Maple Standard file</comment>
      <glob pattern="*.mw"/>
    </mime-type>
  </mime-info>

Create the file

  /usr/share/mime-info/maple.mime (permissions 644)
  
  application/x-maple
        ext: mw

Create the file

  /usr/share/mime-info/maple.keys (permissions 644)
  
  application/x-maple:
        icon-filename=/usr/local/maple12/bin/Maple12.png

Create the file

  /usr/share/application-registry/maple.applications (permissions 644)
  
  maple
        command=x-maple
        name=Maple Standard
        can_open_multiple_files=false
        expects_uris=false
        requires_terminal=false
        mime_types=application/x-maple

Maple Menu Item Create the desktop file

  /usr/share/applications/maple.desktop (permissions 644)
  
  [Desktop Entry]
  Name=Maple Standard
  Exec=xmaple %F
  Icon=/usr/local/maple12/bin/Maple12.png
  Terminal=false
  Type=Application
  Categories=Development;
  Encoding=UTF-8
  StartupNotify=true
  MimeType=application/x-maple;

Add a line to the file

  /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
  
  application/x-maple=maple.desktop

Icon Association.

  # cd /usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes
  # ln -s /usr/local/maple12/bin/Maple12.png gnome-mime-application-x-maple.png

Finally, update the desktop, mime, and icon databases.

  # update-desktop-database
  # update-mime-database /usr/share/mime
  # gtk-update-icon-cache -f /usr/share/icons/gnome

Testing.

  Panel -> Applications -> Programming -> Maple Standard with red icon
  
  Start Maple from the menu, create an document, and save. Is the Maple icon associated with the 
  saved document?
  
  Right click the Maple document, the context menu should say "Open with Maple Standard"
  
  If not, select Properties from the context menu -> Open with tab -> Add Maple Standard
  and remove all other applications.

Remark. I took the kitchen sink approach to registering the mimetype. Some of the above may be legacy and not needed. Comments welcomed.