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    Home : Documentation Center | Maple 10 Installation and Licensing Guide

Maple 10 Installation and Licensing Guide

Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc.

Select the appropriate installation.
Activate Maple 10.
 Configure the license manager (Network versions only).

After installing Maple, review the following information.

For a complete list of system requirements, see:

For installation and start up issues, see:

Windows Single User Installation

During the installation, you will need your purchase code (sent to you in an email or on the Maple 10 Installation, Activation, and Technical Support card).

To install Maple 10 on your Windows® operating system, read and complete the following tasks.

Pre-installation Instructions

  1. Check the Windows System Requirements.
  2. Close all programs, particularly Microsoft® Excel and any previous release of Maple.
  3. On Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT®, and Windows XP Professional, log on as administrator or ensure that you have administrator privileges.

Install Maple

  1. Ensure that you have reviewed the Pre-installation Instructions.
  2. Place the Maple 10 Single-user - Windows | Macintosh | 32-bit Linux CD in the CD-ROM drive. If the installation program automatically starts, go to step 4.
  3. On the Maple 10 CD, locate and double-click D:\windows\Disk1\InstData\VM\installMaple10.exe (where D is the CD-ROM drive that contains the Maple 10 CD).
  4. For silent installation process, see Silent Windows Installation.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  6. When prompted, enter the purchase code and fill in the required information to complete activation.
  7. If you activated successfully, you are ready to use Maple 10. If you had problems activating or chose not to activate during the installation, see Activating Windows, Macintosh, and Linux Single User Versions.

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32-bit Linux Single User Installation

During the installation, you will need your purchase code (sent to you in an email or on the Maple 10 Installation, Activation, and Technical Support card).

To install Maple 10 on your Linux® operating system, read and complete the following tasks.

Pre-installation Instructions

  1. Check the 32-bit Linux Single User System Requirements.
  2. Ensure you have appropriate read and write privileges.
  3. Log on to the account that will own the Maple files. This is usually the root account.

Install Maple

  1. Ensure that you have reviewed the Pre-installation Instructions.
  2. Run installMapleLinuxSU, located on the Single-user - Windows | Macintosh | 32-bit Linux Maple 10 CD. To run the installer in console mode, use the -i console option.
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  4. When prompted to select an install directory, select a directory with write access. If you are creating a new directory, ensure that you have write access to the parent directory. By default, Maple 10 will install to $HOME/maple10, where $HOME is your home directory. For example, /home/jsmith/maple10.
  5. When prompted, enter the purchase code and fill in the required information to complete activation.
  6. If you activated successfully, you are ready to use Maple 10. If you had problems activating or chose not to activate during the installation, see Activating Windows, Macintosh, and Linux Single User Versions.

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64-bit Linux Single User Installation

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

To install Maple 10 on your Linux operating system, read and complete the following tasks.

Pre-installation Instructions

  1. Check the 64-bit Linux Single User System Requirements.
  2. Ensure you have appropriate read and write privileges.
  3. Log on to the account that will own the Maple files. This is usually the root account.

Install Maple

  1. Ensure that you have reviewed the Pre-installation Instructions.
  2. Run installMapleLinuxSU, located in the singleuser directory of the 64-bit Linux Maple 10 CD. To run the installer in console mode, use the -i console option.
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  4. When prompted to select an install directory, select a directory with write access. If you are creating a new directory, ensure that you have write access to the parent directory. By default, Maple 10 will install to $HOME/maple10, where $HOME is your home directory. For example, /home/jsmith/maple10.
  5. When prompted, enter the purchase code and fill in the required information to complete activation.
  6. If you activated successfully, you are ready to use Maple 10. If you had problems activating or chose not to activate during the installation, see Activating Windows, Macintosh, and Linux Single User Versions.

Return to the Top of the Document.

Macintosh Single User Installation

During the installation, you will need your purchase code (sent to you in an email or on the Maple 10 Installation, Activation, and Technical Support card).

To install Maple 10 on your Macintosh® operating system, read and complete the following tasks.

Pre-installation Instructions

  1. Check the Macintosh System Requirements.
  2. Ensure that you have administrative privileges.
  3. Close all programs.

Install Maple

  1. Ensure that you have reviewed the Pre-installation Instructions.
  2. Place the Maple 10 Single-user - Windows | Macintosh | 32-bit Linux CD into the CD-ROM drive.
  3. On the desktop, double-click the MAPLE 10 icon.
  4. Double-click the Maple 10 Installer icon.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  6. You will be prompted to activate when you start Maple 10 for the first time. See Activating Windows, Macintosh, and Linux Single User Versions.

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Activating Windows, Macintosh, and Linux Single User Versions

Maple 10 requires a Maple 10 license file to operate. License files for earlier versions of Maple will not work with Maple 10. You must activate the single user version of Maple 10 to obtain your license file. On Windows and Linux, you can activate during the installation process. If you do not activate during the installation process, follow the steps below.
  1. Ensure that you can connect to the Internet. Activation requires an Internet connection (if your computer does not have an Internet connection, please see http://www.maplesoft.com/support/Faqs/Activation).
  2. Start Standard Worksheet Maple 10.
  3. When prompted to activate, click Activate.
  4. You will be prompted to enter your purchase code. If you are activating behind a proxy server, make sure to enter this information before clicking Next.
  5. You will be prompted to enter additional information. Click Next when this is completed.
*On Windows, you can also activate using the Start menu shortcut: Programs>Maple 10>Tools>Activate Maple 10.
**On Linux, you can also activate by running the activation script located in the bin folder of your Maple 10 installation.
A Maple 10 license file (license.dat) will be saved in the license folder of your Maple 10 installation. If you experience difficulties with activation, follow the instructions in the readme.txt file in the license folder of your Maple 10 installation. For further details on activation, check the FAQs page at http://www.maplesoft.com/support/faqs/index.aspx.

Windows Network Installation

To install Maple 10 on your Windows Network operating systems, read and complete the following tasks.

If applicable, review Silent Windows Installation.

Pre-installation Instructions

  1. Check the Windows System Requirements.
  2. Close all programs, particularly Microsoft® Excel and any previous release of Maple.
  3. On Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT®, and Windows XP Professional, log on as administrator or ensure that you have administrator privileges.
Install the Windows Network Version to the Server
Important: This machine will be the license server.
  1. Ensure that you have reviewed the Pre-installation Instructions.
  2. Place the Maple 10 Network - Windows | Macintosh CD into the CD-ROM drive. If the installation program automatically starts, go to step 4.
  3. On the Maple 10 CD, locate and double-click D:\windows\Disk1\InstData\VM\WinNetworkInstaller.exe (where D is the CD-ROM drive that contains the Maple 10 CD).
    For a command-line or silent installation process, review Silent Windows Installation.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  5. When prompted enter the name of the machine you are currently using (hostname or IP address).

Install the Windows Network Version to the Client

  1. Ensure that you have reviewed the Pre-installation Instructions.
  2. Place the Maple 10 Network - Windows | Macintosh CD into the CD-ROM drive. If the installation program starts automatically, go to step 4.
  3. On the Maple 10 CD, locate and double-click D:\windows\Disk1\InstData\VM\WinNetworkInstaller.exe (where D is the CD-ROM drive that contains the Maple 10 CD).
    For a command-line or silent installation process, review Silent Windows Installation.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  5. When prompted, enter the name or location of the license server.

Maple 10 is now installed. You need to configure the license manager prior to using Maple 10.

Configure License Manager

If the license server is to be run on Windows, follow the instructions in:

If the license server is to be run on UNIX®, Linux, or Mac OS® X, follow the instructions in:

UNIX Network Installation

To install Maple 10 on your UNIX operating systems, read and complete the following tasks.

Pre-installation Instructions

  2. Ensure you have appropriate read and write privileges.
  3. Ensure that your system recognizes Rock Ridge extensions.

Install the UNIX Multi-user Version(s)

  1. Ensure that you have reviewed the Pre-installation Instructions.
  2. Log on to the account that will own the Maple files. This is usually the root account.
  3. Mount the Maple 10 Network - Sun Solaris | HP-UX | IBM AIX | 32-bit Linux or Network - HP Tru64 | SGI IRIX CD-ROM.
  4. Run installMaple from the root directory of the CD. To run the installer in console mode, use the -i console option.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Maple 10 is now installed. You need to configure the license manager prior to using Maple 10.

Configure License Manager

If the license server is to be run in UNIX, Linux, or Mac OS X, follow the instructions in:

If the license server is to be run in Windows, follow the instructions in:

64-bit Linux Network Installation

To install Maple 10 on your 64-bit Linux operating systems, read and complete the following tasks.

Pre-installation Instructions

  2. Ensure you have appropriate read and write privileges.

Install the 64-bit Linux Network Version

  1. Ensure that you have reviewed the Pre-installation Instructions.
  2. Log on to the account that will own the Maple files. This is usually the root account.
  3. Run installMaple, located in the network directory of the 64-bit Linux Maple 10 CD. To run the installer in console mode, use the -i console option.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Maple 10 is now installed. You need to configure the license manager prior to using Maple 10.

Configure License Manager

If the license server is to be run in UNIX, Linux, or Mac OS X, follow the instructions in:

If the license server is to be run in Windows, follow the instructions in:

Macintosh Network Installation

To install Maple 10 on your Macintosh operating system, read and complete the following tasks.

Pre-installation Instructions

  1. Check the Macintosh System Requirements.
  2. Ensure that you have administrative privileges.
  3. Close all programs.
Install the Macintosh Network Version to the Server

Important: This machine will be the license server.

  1. Ensure that you have reviewed the Pre-installation Instructions.
  2. Place the Maple 10 Network - Windows | Macintosh CD into the CD-ROM drive.
  3. On the desktop, double-click the MAPLE10 icon.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  5. When prompted, enter the name of the machine you are currently using (hostname or IP address).

Install the Macintosh Network Version to the Client

  1. Ensure that you have reviewed the Pre-installation Instructions.
  2. Place the Maple 10 Network - Windows | Macintosh CD into the CD-ROM drive.
  3. On the desktop, double-click the MAPLE10 icon.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  5. When prompted, enter the name or location of the license server.

Maple 10 is now installed. You need to configure the license manager prior to using Maple 10.

Configure License Manager

If the license server is to be run in UNIX, Linux, or Mac OS X, follow the instructions in:

If the license server is to be run in Windows, follow the instructions in:

Silent Windows Installation

On Windows, it is possible to install using a command-line or silent mode option. You must ensure that the information in the resource file is accurate.

Windows Single User Silent Installation

To install Maple 10 on your Windows operating system, read and complete the following tasks.

Pre-installation Instructions

  1. Check the Windows System Requirements.
  2. Close all programs, particularly Microsoft Excel and any previous release of Maple.
  3. On Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows XP Professional, log on as administrator or ensure that you have administrator privileges.

Install Maple