Start/enable rvice which is required for the installation.Make sure the packages avahi and inetutils are installed before proceeding with the installation.Mathematica 11 automatically creates a document folder 'Wolfram Mathematica' in $UserDocumentsDirectory, which is set by Mathematica according to XDG user directories. For more details see the mathematica PKGBUILD file. Successful install may throw non-critical errors: xdg-icon-resource, mkdir, xdg-desktop-menu.

Obtain Mathematica_11.XX.YY_LINUX.sh from Wolfram Research, along with an activation key, and save it to the package build directory. The Mathematica_10.XX.YY_LINUX.sh installation script is required you will need to download this separately from, your university, etc. Install mathematica AUR (need historical version). ( Edit > Preferences > Internet Connectivity > Proxy Settings). A workaround is to avoid this library call altogether by configuring Mathematica to 'directly connect' to the internet. A 'bug' exists that will eventually crash Mathematica when the calling library is used. By default, Mathematica is configured to detect the system's proxy settings when configuring how to connect to the internet to fetch data. # ln -s /etc/xdg/menus/applications-merged /etc/xdg/menus/kde-applications-mergedĪn issue with Mathematica 8 is a reproducible crash when performing WolframAlpha functions.

To solve this, execute the following as root: FontsĪdd the directories containing Type1 and BDF fonts to your FontPath.įor KDE users, the Mathematica icon may appear in the Lost & Found category. Note: If you do not place the 'sh' in front, then you will get an error about a bad interpreter. location/of/mathematica.iso /media/iso iso9660 exec,ro,user,noauto,loop=/dev/loop0 0 0 iso is to create a /media/iso mount directory and add the following line to the fstab: Since Mathematica is a non-free application and upgrades may incur costs, this section lists instructions for different available versions.

2.3.3 Symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6: undefined symbol: hb_ot_tags_from_script_and_language.

2.3.1 Symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1: undefined symbol: FT_Done_MM_Var.

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