| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/mathematica.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| Package Base: | mathematica |
| Description: | Computational software for mathematics, science, and engineering, with offline documentation included. |
| Upstream URL: | http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/ |
| Keywords: | algebra calculus documentation math numerical physics science simulation symbolic wolfram |
| Licenses: | LicenseRef-Wolfram-Mathematica-License-Agreement |
| Submitter: | Feanor12 |
| Maintainer: | JP-Ellis (marmis) |
| Last Packager: | marmis |
| Votes: | 82 |
| Popularity: | 0.069642 |
| First Submitted: | 2011-03-03 21:27 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2026-05-16 23:08 (UTC) |
Has anyone run into the following error while installing 12.0.0?
mkdir: cannot create directory '/applications-merged': Permission denied
It seems as though the installer is trying to write to actual system root (at least, from the error message) as opposed to the root of pkg/
12.1.1 was released earlier this month: https://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/quick-revision-history.html
Why is this flagged out-of-date? I don't see any new releases.
@bryango I think the -mesa option tells Mathematica to tell it's bundled Qt to use mesa llvmpipe to render graphics on the CPU.
@kjslag Yes! I can confirm both issues (segfault for 12.0 and blank 3D for 12.1) are gone with mesa. However, 11.3 works fine with OpenGL and displays better graphics (with less aliasing). It seems that 12+ is somehow incompatible with system's OpenGL implementation, which, I think (at least for me), is also mesa; by searching through my installed packages with keyword OpenGL, I find that the only related package is mesa v20.0.6. Hence I believe there might be conflicts betweeen the bundled mesa and system mesa. Weird since it worked fine in 11.3.
References: Mathematica documentation for RenderingOptions:
"Mesa" use the bundled Mesa implementation of OpenGL, available on all systems
"OpenGL" use the system's OpenGL driver, available only on non-Windows systems
@bryango iyanmv's idea of starting Mathematica with -mesa fixes your issues for me. See also: https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/a/222365/36317
I upgraded from Mathematica 12.0.0 to Mathematica 12.1.0, and now I have some kind of render issue. When I'm typing in a notebook, there is a gray bar on top of the text. It is quite annoying to be honest. I have written to their support email, hope to get any answer. In the meantime, anyone facing a similar issue?
I have also tried to start Mathematica with -mesa option, but still same problem. I suspect this has something to do with the new support for HiDPI. They kind of change all default sizes.
@JP-Ellis I think the packages that I listed, along with espeak, ncurses, qt5-, and java-, are all bundled with mathematica in that directory and shouldn't be listed as optional dependencies.
@kjslag The list of optional dependencies was initially produced using the inspect namcap. I'll admit I do know know which are strictly necessary and I would love to narrow it down; however, Mathematica has so many components that I don't even know where to start and if it would be all that useful ultimately.
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marmis commented on 2024-12-24 03:37 (UTC) (edited on 2025-05-06 20:14 (UTC) by marmis)
mathematicaandmathematica-lighthave been updated to 14.1. Mathematica is being rebranded to WolframApp or just Wolfram. Because of that, you might have to update your current configuration according to Upgrading from Mathematica to Wolfram:$UserBaseDirectoryis now~/.Wolfram(you may need tomv ~/.Mathematica ~/.Wolfram)MATHINITis nowWOLFRAMNB_INIT(for additional arguments to Wolfram)MATHEMATICA_BASEis nowWOLFRAM_BASE(for custom$BaseDirectory)MATHEMATICA_USERBASEis nowWOLFRAM_USERBASE(for custom$UserBaseDirectory)JP-Ellis commented on 2022-10-08 00:22 (UTC) (edited on 2023-08-19 12:56 (UTC) by JP-Ellis)
Wolfram offers two bundles for Mathematica: one with offline docs included, and one which relies on online docs. I have created corresponding version of the Mathematica package in the AUR:
mathematica: As this package has historically always included offline docs, it will continue to do so now. As of 13.1.0, the package takes up around 14.1GiB with all documentation.mathematica-light: For those people who want a small package and/or want to use online docs, I have created this package which uses Wolfram's online-docs bundling of Mathematica. As of 13.3, the light version takes up around 7.2GiB.