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Subject:    Re: [suse-amd64] suse amd 64 and mathematica
From:       "Paul C. Leopardi" <leopardi () bigpond ! net ! au>
Date:       2004-09-07 23:17:03
Message-ID: 200409080917.03548.leopardi () bigpond ! net ! au
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Hi,
Have either of you tried using linux32?
http://www.suse.com/us/private/products/suse_linux/prof/packages_amd64/linux32.html
See also the SUSE LINUX 9.1 Administration Guide, section 3.2.
Thanks
On Wednesday 08 September 2004 08:46, Adalberto Castelo wrote:
> Is the mathematica executable a script? It may be doing a "uname" and it
> doesn't know what to do with the "x86_64" string it returns. If that's the
> case, just edit the script.
>
> Sometimes stuff like that occurs during installation, and there it's easier
> to just replace /usr/bin/uname temporarily with a simple script that
> returns whatever the app wants to hear: `echo i386` or something like that.
>
> Or I may be completely off...
>
> Good luck!
>
> On Tuesday 07 September 2004 16:49, Luis Jose Maia Amoreira wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I just installed suse 9.1 for amd-64. Then installed mathematica 5.0 for
> > linux (standard 32 bit linux) but, wen I try to run it, I get the error
> >
> > mathematica cannot determine operating system.
> >
> > and no mathematica... Now, I gess that this is just an environmet
> > problem, since everyboy says that 32 bit intel instructions are
> > understood by the AMD processor. Is there any way one can trick
> > mathematica into believing that it is running in an arbitrary operating
> > system (standard, 32 bit Linux) or any other way to solve this problem?
> > TIA,
> > Ze
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________
> >
> >         Departamento de Física       http://www.dfisica.ubi.pt
> >
> >      Universidade da Beira Interior        http://www.ubi.pt
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