If I want to install Mathematica on Linux, one just buys a copy (ok, "just"
might mean take out a big loan), then install it. There is not a binary for
Ubuntu, another binary for Debian etc. It is supported on
Ubuntu
Redhat
CentOS (basically redhat)
Debian
openSUSE
with a note that "Mathematica 8 has been fully tested on the Linux distributions
listed above. On new Linux distributions, additional compatibility libraries may
need to be installed. It is likely that Mathematica will run successfully on
other distributions based on the Linux kernel 2.6 or later."
If we could find a way of building a binary distribution which worked on many
systems that would be preferable I think. At the moment, people installing the
wrong one is not unusual.
I wonder if WRI use some sort of intelligent installation, which detects the
system and installs the right parts for that. I know at one time they used to
bundle both the SPARC and x86 versions for Solaris in the one file, and IIRC,
going back many years, they used to bundle AIX, HP-UX, SGI, Solaris and whatever
else on a single CD.
Dave
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