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Service Addresses

Email: MuPAD-distribution@uni-paderborn.de
WWWeb: http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/MuPAD
FTPs : math-ftp.uni-paderborn.de:pub/MuPAD
More : email , ftp sites , faq

Postal Address:

MuPAD-Distribution
Fachbereich 17, Automath
University of Paderborn
Warburger Str. 100
33095 Paderborn
Germany


Distribution

MuPAD is available via FTP and on CD (see below) for several OPERATING SYSTEMS. These versions are limited in their memory access and cannot be used to solve real large problems. All non-commercial users can get the full-version for free by abtaining a MuPAD license key. The REGISTRATION unlocks all memory limitations in MuPAD.


How to get and install MuPAD via FTP

Please follow this guide step by step:
  1. Is my Operating System supported by MuPAD ?

    For each supported system a technical information page is given. Please refer to the page that corresponds to your system, to read about special features or restriction of this MuPAD version.

  2. Which is the nearest MuPAD ftp sites ?

    For users outside of Germany it may be much faster to use one of our official mirror sites than connecting to our home site. Have a look at the list of MuPAD ftp sites. MuPAD for Linux is also available on 'sunsite' and its mirror sites. MuPAD for Macintosh is also available on 'sumex' and its mirror sites.

  3. How to copy MuPAD ?

    For Macintosh:
    Choose the MuPAD ftp site you prefer, connect to it via anonymous ftp and change to the MuPAD directory. Then change to the sub-directory macintosh/mupad and refer to the README.
    For Windows:
    Choose the MuPAD ftp site you prefer, connect to it via anonymous ftp and change to the MuPAD directory. Then change to the sub-directory windows/mupad and refer to the README.
    For Linux:
    Choose the MuPAD ftp site you prefer, connect to it via anonymous ftp and change to the MuPAD directory. Then change to the sub-directory unix/linux_disks and refer to the README. This default version has to be installed from disks by using the pkgtool. If you do not want this or if this version does not run on your system, then refer to Unix. There you will find further binary versions of MuPAD for Linux.
    For Unix:
    Before you copy any files, create the directory in which you want to install MuPAD and change to it. Say /usr/local/MuPAD for example:

    mkdir /usr/local/MuPAD ; cd /usr/local/MuPAD

    Choose the MuPAD ftp site you prefer, connect to it via anonymous ftp and change to the MuPAD directory. Then change to the sub-directory unix and refer to the section Files you need of the README

  4. How to install MuPAD ?

    This depends on your operating system. Please refer to the Installation Guide for detailed information.

  5. How to run MuPAD on Unix Systems ?

    After the binaries and the library are installed, the MuPAD environment has to be configured. For this, refer to the section Environment variables of the installation guide. After that, the terminal version of MuPAD can be started with mupad and the X11 version with xmupad.

  6. How to register ?

    The easiest way to obtain a MuPAD license key is to fill-in our Web LICENSE-FORM. Otherwise, get the license file from any MuPAD ftp site, follow its instructions and send the filled in license via email to MuPAD-distribution@uni-paderborn.de.

  7. What to do on problems ?

    If there are any problems while copying, installing or running MuPAD then please send your bug report to MuPAD-bugs@uni-paderborn.de.


MuPAD on CD

By now MuPAD is available on the following (commercial) CDs. Please refer to the documentation distributed with the CD, to read how to install and configure MuPAD.
PACIFIC HITECH'S LINUX MONTHLY CD-ROM - Jan'96
Pacific Hi-Tech
3855 South 500 West, Suite M
Salt Lake City UT, USA 84115
WWW-Server: http://www.pht.com

This CD contains MuPAD 1.2.2 for Linux. The price is $12.95 + S&H. Further information about this Linux CD can be found on the web page http://www.pht.com/linux/monthly.html .


S.u.S.E. Linux
3 CD-ROMs "mit Unix für PCs"
August 1995,
S.u.S.E. GmbH, Fürth,
WWW-Server: http://www.suse.de

This CD contains MuPAD 1.2.2 for Linux. The CD of Aug.'95 contains a configuration error that prevents MuPAD from starting correctly. Please refer to MuPAD S.u.S.E-Bug how to solve this problem.


Linux
2 CD-ROM "mit dem Linux Komplettpaket"
2. Auflage 1995,
Addison-Wesley Verlag (Deutschland) GmbH, Bonn,
ISBN 3-89319-802-4

This CD contains MuPAD 1.2.1 for Linux.


Further CDs are planned for the future, e.g. Wiley: in combination with the new MuPAD reference manual, Sun-User-Group-Germany: with the SUGD-CD. Please refer to our News & Infos for announcements.


Books about MuPAD

MuPAD is distributed with the complete reference manual given as a hypertext document. This document and further books are also available as paperware. Please refer to our Bibliography.
Author: MuPAD-Webmaster
Last updated: 15. Jan. 1996