Installing Mathematica
Mathematica is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. For a complete list of platform availability, visit www.wolfram.com/mathematica/system-requirements.html. Any supported machine can act as a client for running Mathematica, provided the following two conditions are met:
- The client has access to the Mathematica files, either locally or from a file server on the network.
- The license server running MathLM is available on the TCP/IP network.
- Quit any previous installations of Wolfram products running on your machine.
- Go to your Wolfram Account page.
- Navigate to the Products and Services tab. Select Wolfram|One.
- In the Desktop section, click the Download button to download the Wolfram Desktop installer.
- To also download the documentation installer, click See all download options and previous versions.
- Click the Download button in the Documentation Only row and Direct File Download column.
- Wait for the download to finish.
- Open a terminal and change the directory to where the Documentation installer is located. For example, if the installer is located on your desktop, run:
A license server can also function as its own client. However, this is not recommended. If the machine has to be rebooted for any reason, the serving of licenses to all other clients on the network may be disrupted.
If you wish to license Mathematica from a MathLM license server, MathLM should already be installed and running on a license server on the network (see «Installing MathLM» for details). To complete the Mathematica installation, you will need to know the name or IP address of the license server running MathLM.
To install Mathematica, you must be logged in with administrative privileges, or be able to elevate to administrative privileges. You also must activate Mathematica using the Wolfram User Portal in order to run it (see «Activating Mathematica» for details).
One convenient way to install Mathematica on a client is to run the installer remotely from a file server. This is an efficient way of making Mathematica available to a large number of users without having to supply a CD/DVD to each one. You can install Mathematica from a file server on a client running any supported platform. It is not necessary that the client platform be the same as the file server platform.
To install Mathematica from a file server, you first must make the installer and Mathematica files available to the clients. You can do this by copying the contents of the CD/DVD to the file server and exporting the directory, or by exporting the CD/DVD mount point on the file server. Then, mount the directory with the Mathematica distribution on the client and change to this directory, and run the installer as usual.
Installing Mathematica from a file server requires first copying the installer executable and all files in the Mathematica distribution from the DVD onto the file server.
The Windows Installer
Open the Windows directory from the DVD. Double-click the file Setup.exe to launch the installer and follow the prompts. The main Windows installer includes a custom setup option which allows you to control whether to install secondary components, including support for the Mathematica web browser plugin and components for indexing notebooks on the file system.
The Macintosh Installer
Mathematica may be installed by dragging the Mathematica application bundle into the Applications folder, as illustrated by the startup window when you insert the DVD. The DVD also includes an installer to install secondary components, including support for the Mathematica web browser plugin and for Spotlight and Quick Look support of Mathematica-created documents.
The Linux Installer
1. Mount the CD or DVD. For information on mounting a CD/DVD, see «Mounting a CD or DVD on Linux».
Note: This step may not be required on most Linux distributions, as most operating systems automatically handle mounting.
2. Change directory to / cdrom /Unix/Installer . Note that the exact location of the CD/DVD mount point might be different for your platform.
3. Run the installer. Default installation under /usr/local requires root privileges.
4. Follow the installer prompts.
If you are installing Mathematica on multiple machines, it can be time consuming to respond to all of the installer prompts on each individual machine. By supplying command-line options to the installer, you can customize various features of the installation process or automate it entirely.
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Installing the Documentation
sudo bash DocumentationInstaller.shsudo asks you to enter your password on the machine. After providing it, the installer starts.
sudo can be omitted when installing to a location for which you have the necessary write permissions. The installer asks whether to proceed with the installation of the documentation as all users of the computer will be able to use it.
WARNING: Wolfram Language 13.3 English Documentation is protected by copyright law and international treaties. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law. All users of this computer will be able to use this software. Proceed with installation? (Y/n) > Installing Wolfram Desktop
sudo bash ProductInstaller.shEnter the installation directory, or press ENTER to select /usr/local/Wolfram/WolframDesktop/13.3:Type the directory path in which Wolfram Desktop script(s) will be created, or press ENTER to select /usr/local/bin:WolframScript allows Wolfram Language code to be run from the command line and from self-executing script files. It is always available from /usr/local/Wolfram/WolframDesktop/13.3/Executables/wolframscript. WolframScript system integration makes the wolframscript binary accessible from any terminal, and allows .wls script files to be executed by double-clicking them in the file manager. Install WolframScript system integration? (y/n)
Wolfram Desktop is now installed and activated.
Installing Mathematica
Mathematica is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. For a complete list of platform availability, visit www.wolfram.com/mathematica/system-requirements.html. Any supported machine can act as a client for running Mathematica, provided the following two conditions are met:
- The client has access to the Mathematica files, either locally or from a file server on the network.
- The license server running MathLM is available on the TCP/IP network.
A license server can also function as its own client. However, this is not recommended. If the machine has to be rebooted for any reason, the serving of licenses to all other clients on the network may be disrupted.
If you wish to license Mathematica from a MathLM license server, MathLM should already be installed and running on a license server on the network (see «Installing MathLM» for details). To complete the Mathematica installation, you will need to know the name or IP address of the license server running MathLM.
To install Mathematica, you must be logged in with administrative privileges, or be able to elevate to administrative privileges. You also must activate Mathematica using the Wolfram User Portal in order to run it (see «Activating Mathematica» for details).
One convenient way to install Mathematica on a client is to run the installer remotely from a file server. This is an efficient way of making Mathematica available to a large number of users without having to supply a CD/DVD to each one. You can install Mathematica from a file server on a client running any supported platform. It is not necessary that the client platform be the same as the file server platform.
To install Mathematica from a file server, you first must make the installer and Mathematica files available to the clients. You can do this by copying the contents of the CD/DVD to the file server and exporting the directory, or by exporting the CD/DVD mount point on the file server. Then, mount the directory with the Mathematica distribution on the client and change to this directory, and run the installer as usual.
Installing Mathematica from a file server requires first copying the installer executable and all files in the Mathematica distribution from the DVD onto the file server.
The Windows Installer
Open the Windows directory from the DVD. Double-click the file Setup.exe to launch the installer and follow the prompts. The main Windows installer includes a custom setup option which allows you to control whether to install secondary components, including support for the Mathematica web browser plugin and components for indexing notebooks on the file system.
The Macintosh Installer
Mathematica may be installed by dragging the Mathematica application bundle into the Applications folder, as illustrated by the startup window when you insert the DVD. The DVD also includes an installer to install secondary components, including support for the Mathematica web browser plugin and for Spotlight and Quick Look support of Mathematica-created documents.
The Linux Installer
1. Mount the CD or DVD. For information on mounting a CD/DVD, see «Mounting a CD or DVD on Linux».
Note: This step may not be required on most Linux distributions, as most operating systems automatically handle mounting.
2. Change directory to / cdrom /Unix/Installer . Note that the exact location of the CD/DVD mount point might be different for your platform.
3. Run the installer. Default installation under /usr/local requires root privileges.
4. Follow the installer prompts.
If you are installing Mathematica on multiple machines, it can be time consuming to respond to all of the installer prompts on each individual machine. By supplying command-line options to the installer, you can customize various features of the installation process or automate it entirely.