Put in Mathematica 7 CD, ensuring that it appeared on the desktop.
Open a terminal window and cd to /media/Mathematica/Unix/Installer
Run ./MathInstaller.
(For some reason the Mathematica Installer won’t open unless you run it from the terminal)
Note, if it throws an error that says “/bin/sh: bad interpreter” point the shell directly at MathInstaller by typing:
/bin/bash ./MathInstaller
Choose default install directory:
/usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica/7.0/
Allow selinux modification
Choose default script directory:
/usr/local/bin
For password configuration choose option (1):
(1) Single machine
Install a password specific to this machine. Mathematica will launch,
and you can enter your password.
This is what the Installer does upon selection of option (1).
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Configuring Single-Machine password…
Mathematica 7.0 for Linux x86 (32-bit)
Copyright 1988-2009 Wolfram Research, Inc.
You will need to get a password from your
license certificate or from Wolfram Research
(http://register.wolfram.com).
Machine name: antigone.Physics.Carleton.edu
MathID: 7108-71426-20286
You will need a valid license ID and password in order
to proceed. Go to http://register.wolfram.com or
consult your Getting Started documentation.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Then, go to (http://register.wolfram.com) and type in the information the Installer gave you; Machine Name, MathID, and Carleton’s License (L3125-8812). The registration web page will ask for the name of the person registering, supply either Joel Weisberg or Nelson Christensen, but give Bruce’s email address (or your own email, just forward the forthcoming email to Bruce).
So it will look like:
Name: Joel Weisberg
Organization: Carleton College
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Email address: bduffy@carleton.edu
This will cause an email to be sent the email address you entered with the password needed to finish the installation.
Here are the contents of the email I received:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Version 7.0 password(s) were generated for license: L3125-8812
Here is the content for your mathpass file:
antigone.Physics.Carleton.edu
7108-71426-20286
L3125-8812
5157-617-135:2:8:20080701
Requestor information:
Name: Joel Weisberg
Organization: Carleton College
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Email address: bduffy@carleton.edu
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The install script then asked for:
Carleton’s License (L3125-8812)
The Requestor (Nelson Christensen/Joel Weisberg)
The organization (Carleton College)
Then the Installer asked for the password (the one from the email I received was 5157-617-135:2:8:20080701).
The password will be the last string of digits given in the email. (And the only string you didn’t have before the email)
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