Maple 17 Installation and Licensing Guide

For Windows® XP, Windows Server® 2008, Windows Vista®, Windows® 7, Windows Server® 2012, and Windows® 8 single user installation, read this section. For 64-bit Windows, see 64-bit Windows Single User Installation.

During the installation, you will need your purchase code, generally sent to you in an email.

To install Maple 17 on your Windows operating system, read and complete the following tasks

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Note: If you are using Maple in a 64-bit Microsoft® Windows environment, you must install and set up a Microsoft® Visual C++ compiler to use the Maple compiler. For instructions on setting up a Microsoft Visual C++ compiler to use with Maple, see Installing and Setting Up a Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler.

During the installation, you will need your purchase code, generally sent to you in an email.

To install Maple 17 on your Windows operating system, read and complete the following tasks

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For Macintosh® installation instructions, read this section.

During the installation, you will need your purchase code, generally sent to you in an email.

To install Maple 17 on your Macintosh operating system, read and complete the following tasks:

INTRODUCTION

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During the installation, you will need your purchase code, generally sent to you in an email.

To install Maple 17 on your 32-bit Linux® operating systems, read and complete the following tasks.

INTRODUCTION

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During the installation, you will need your purchase code, generally sent to you in an email.

To install Maple 17 on your 64-bit Linux® operating systems, read and complete the following tasks.

INTRODUCTION

For Windows XP, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, and Windows 8 installation using a network license, read this section. For 64-bit Windows, see 64-bit Windows Installation Using a Network License.

To install Maple 17 on your Windows operating system using a network license, read and complete the following tasks.

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Note: If you are using Maple in a 64-bit Microsoft® Windows environment, you must install and set up a Microsoft® Visual C++ compiler to use the Maple compiler. For instructions on setting up a Microsoft Visual C++ compiler to use with Maple, see Installing and Setting Up a Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler.

To install Maple 17 on your Windows operating system using a network license, read and complete the following tasks.

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For Macintosh® installation instructions, read this section.

To install Maple 17 on your Macintosh operating system, read and complete the following tasks:

INTRODUCTION

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To install Maple 17 on your 32-bit Linux® operating systems, read and complete the following tasks.

Note: Starting from Maple 14, FlexNet, the license management software used in Maple, requires Linux systems to be LSB 3.0 compatible, which may require the additional installation of some additional packages. If you are receiving the "Error detecting HostID" error message when trying to activate Maple on Linux, please ensure that the appropriate packages are installed.

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To install Maple 17 on your 64-bit Linux® operating systems, read and complete the following tasks.

Note: Starting from Maple 14, FlexNet, the license management software used in Maple, requires Linux systems to be LSB 3.0 compatible, which may require the additional installation of some additional packages. If you are receiving the "Error detecting HostID" error message when trying to activate Maple on Linux, please ensure that the appropriate packages are installed.

You can create a resource file automatically by running the installer with the command Maple17WindowsInstaller.exe -r <PATH>\installer.properties (32-bit Windows) or Maple17WindowsX86_64Installer.exe -r <PATH>\installer.properties (64-bit Windows), where <PATH> is the path to your specified directory. Follow the on-screen instructions and complete the installation.

You can use the installer.properties file generated by the -r flag or you can create your own using the following example as a template:

INSTALLER_UI=SILENT

#Choose Install Folder

#---------------------

USER_INSTALL_DIR=C:\\Program Files\\Maple 17

#Install Desktop Shortcuts

#-------------------------

DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS=\"Yes\",\"\"

DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS_1=Yes

DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS_2=

DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS_BOOLEAN_1=1

DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS_BOOLEAN_2=0

#Choose Watcom Install Folder

#----------------------------

WATCOM_INSTALL_FOLDER=C:\\watcom-1.3

#Maple Worksheet Association

#----------------------------

WKS_ASSOC_RESULT=\"Yes\",\"\"

WKS_ASSOC_RESULT_1=Yes

WKS_ASSOC_RESULT_2=

WKS_ASSOC_RESULT_BOOLEAN_1=1

WKS_ASSOC_RESULT_BOOLEAN_2=0

#Choose the Type of Licensing

#----------------------------

LICENSE=\"\",\"Network License\"

LICENSE_1=

LICENSE_2=Network License

LICENSE_BOOLEAN_1=0

LICENSE_BOOLEAN_2=1

LICENSE server

#----------------------------

LICENSE_SERVER=myserver.mydomain.com

PORT_NUMBER=

Note: If you created your installer.properties file in a directory other than the directory in which the Maple17WindowsInstaller.exe or Maple17WindowsX86_64Installer.exe file is located, you must specify the path to the installer.properties file when you run this command.

DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS=\"\",\"No\"

DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS_1=

DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS_2=No

DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS_BOOLEAN_1=0

DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS_BOOLEAN_2=1

WKS_ASSOC_RESULT=\"\",\"No\"

WKS_ASSOC_RESULT_1=

WKS_ASSOC_RESULT_2=No

WKS_ASSOC_RESULT_BOOLEAN_1=0

WKS_ASSOC_RESULT_BOOLEAN_2=1

"C:\Program Files\Maple 17\uninstall\Uninstall Maple 17.exe" -i silent

Maple 17 connectivity with MATLAB is supported for MATLAB® 2011b, 2012a, or 2012b. For the latest information on which MATLAB versions are compatible with Maple 17, visit http://www.maplesoft.com/products/system_requirements.aspx. Note that older and newer versions of MATLAB may work, but may not be tested by Maplesoft.

During the Maple installation process, the Maple installer will display a panel indicating that the installer has detected that MATLAB is installed. At this point, you can install a toolbox which will connect Maple with MATLAB by selecting the MATLAB version that you want to use from the list of available MATLAB versions. You can also skip the Maple Toolbox installation by selecting Do not configure at this time.

If the MATLAB Symbolic Math Toolbox is installed, another panel will prompt you to select either the Maple Toolbox or MATLAB Symbolic Math Toolbox as the default.

To install the Maple Toolbox after Maple is installed, do the following:

Start MATLAB and then open the MATLAB help system. To open the main Maple Toolbox help page, select Maple Toolbox from the table of contents.

Download and install either (a.) Visual Studio Express 2012 or (b.) the full .NET Framework 4 with Visual Studio Express 2010. The instructions for both versions are given in the following sections.

Important: Visual Studio Express 2012 is supported only on Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8. Users with other versions of Windows should install the full .NET Framework 4 with Visual Studio Express 2010.

Note: After installation, you must register Visual Studio Express 2012 within 30 days.

Note: Make sure that you install the 64-bit Visual C++ Compiler component. This requires a full installation of the .NET Framework 4.

Every time you launch the Standard Worksheet version of Maple your computer is automatically scanned for a suitable Microsoft Visual Studio C++ compiler. Supported compiler versions are: 2012, 2010 and 2008.

If your supported version of Visual Studio C++ compiler is not detected, you can manually define the %LIB%, %INCLUDE% and %PATH% environment variables used by the compiler or you can set up the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler for Maple by specifying the path of either the vcvars64.bat file (for Visual Studio 2010 Express) or the vcvarsx86_amd64.bat file (for Visual Studio 2012 Express) created during the Maple installation process. To specify the path of the file do the following:

or

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If you are using Linux or UNIX operating systems, or if you are using Windows or Macintosh operating systems and the driver software that was automatically detected does not function as expected, download and install the latest driver from the web site of the video card vendor.

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Before starting the Windows Network version of Maple 17, you must obtain your license file and start the license manager by completing the following tasks.

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Before starting the Mac OS® X Network version of Maple 17, you must obtain your license file and start the license manager by completing the following tasks.

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Before starting the UNIX Network version of Maple 17, you must obtain your license file and start the license manager by completing the following tasks.

./lmgrd -c license_file_path -l debug_log &

nohup lmgrd -c license_file_path -l debug_log 2>&1 &

su username -c \'umask 022; lmgrd_path -c license_file_path -l log_path\'

./lmdown

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To set up Named Network User licensing, perform the following steps:

You can start Standard Worksheet Maple in either Document mode or Worksheet mode.

Document mode allows you to start solving problems right away, without needing syntax or Maple commands. You can freely combine text and math to produce presentation-quality mathematical documents.

Worksheet mode is most familiar to users of previous releases of Maple. Enter commands on an input prompt to get results. You can still format your worksheets into presentation-quality documents using all of the new features of Maple 17.

Classic Worksheet Maple is not available on the Mac OS X platform, 64-bit Windows, 64-bit Linux, or Solaris.

The Command-line version of Maple has a text-based user interface. While allowing complete access to the mathematical engine, the Command-line version of Maple requires less system resources. For more information, refer to the Command-line Maple section of the readme.txt file located in your Maple 17 folder.

On Windows, Maple 17 has an add-in to Microsoft Excel 2007 or 2010. For more information, refer to the Excel help page in the Maple Help system.

Note: Microsoft Excel 2007 is compatible with 32-bit applications only. Therefore, to use the Excel add-in with Excel 2007, you must install Maple using the 32-bit Windows installer. The Excel add-in cannot be used with Excel 2007 if you installed Maple using the 64-bit Windows installer. The Excel add-in for Excel 2010 is available for 32-bit Windows and 64-bit Windows installations of Maple.

On Windows, Maple 17 has a convenient graphing calculator interface.

To start the Maple Calculator:

Select the Maple Calculator program from the Start menu (If you installed Maple in the default location, from the Start menu, select (All) Programs > Maple 17 > Maple Calculator.) or alternatively, double-click the calculator.exe icon located either in the bin.X86_64_WINDOWS subfolder or the bin.win subfolder of your Maple 17 installation.

You can access an electronic version of the User Manual from the Help menu in the Standard Worksheet interface. Start Maple 17 and select Help > Manuals, Resources, and more > Manuals.

In the Windows version of Maple, you can change the working directory by creating a shortcut to Maple 17 and assigning it a different directory.

To change the working directory, follow these instructions:

At start up, Maple searches the current working directory for a custom initialization file. It stops searching when it finds the file. For more information, see How to Execute Commands Automatically.

You can configure Maple to automatically execute a series of commands on start up. This approach is especially useful for setting global variables such as Digits and Order. To do this, create a Maple initialization file. For more information, refer to ?worksheet/reference/initialization in the Maple Help System.

The Standard Worksheet interface reads the ini file launch.ini, if present, located either in the bin.X86_64_WINDOWS subfolder or the bin.win subfolder of your of your Maple 17 installation. The directives recognized are as follows. (To include a comment, specify a pound character (#) as the first character in the line. Ensure that you do not enter any space characters before the pound character.)

# set maximum Java heap size
maxheap=700m
# additional args to pass to Java
java_args=-Dfoo -Dbar
# additional args to pass to Maple
maple_args=-q
# popup dialog showing the startup command (for debugging)
showcmd=true
# enable the Java access bridge (accessibility)
jaccess=true
# disable directX
java2d_nodraw=true
# set default language
language=Fr
# set default browser
browser="c:/Netscape"

Note: Optimal values are used in the launcher.

MATLAB © is an interactive programming language for general scientific and technical computation. If you have MATLAB® 2011b, 2012a, or 2012b installed, you can enable a link between MATLAB and Maple for Windows, Macintosh, and most UNIX or Linux platforms. For more information, refer to ?Matlab/setup in the Maple Help System.

For help with the Maple-NAG Connector after installation, launch the Maple-NAG Connector Start Page.

The following components are required to view 2-D math when exporting to HTML with the MapleViewer: