Cannot get MuPAD to run on my Macbook

Hi there,

I am relatively new to my Mac and tried installing MuPAD now ( got the Linux version which i assumed would work).


I followed instructions to install MuPAD (see below) but at the end when i try to run it i get the message that it cannot execute the binary, despite that the file is there.

I don't know if i set the PATH variable wrong, I didn't get any errors in that step :
Ivas-MacBook-Pro:MuPAD ildsarria$ PATH=$PATH:developer/usr/local/MuPAD/share/bin
Ivas-MacBook-Pro:MuPAD ildsarria$ export PATH
Ivas-MacBook-Pro:MuPAD ildsarria$



Install Instructions ( i prefixed all my paths with "/developer":

Choose an installation directiory (e.g. /usr/local/MuPAD/).

mkdir /usr/local/MuPAD/
cd /usr/local/MuPAD/
tar xzf <path_to>/mupad_linux_311.tgz

<path_to> is the directory, where you saved the MuPAD tgz file.

Please extend your PATH environment variable in order to start
MuPAD:

(for tcsh/csh in ~/.cshrc)
set path = ($path /usr/local/MuPAD/share/bin)

(for sh/bash/ksh in ~/.profile)
PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/MuPAD/share/bin <---- I used this one
export PATH

Now you can start 'mupad' or 'xmupad' (make sure that you reread
the initialisation files first). <-- this did not work . I used mupad ad



This is the message on the terminal:

Last login: Tue Aug 23 20:05:59 on ttys001
Ivas-MacBook-Pro:~ ildsarria$ /Developer/usr/local/MuPAD/linux/bin/mupad ; exit;
-bash: /Developer/usr/local/MuPAD/linux/bin/mupad: cannot execute binary file
logout

[Process completed]

Could it be that MuPad for Linux is not compatible with Lion OS?

Any advice would be appreciated!
Thank you!

Could it be that MuPad for Linux is not compatible with Lion OS?

Click to expand...

Yes, it looks like it is not.

THank you, silly assumption on my part thinking that a linux app would work on a mac

Not silly at all because some Linux apps do indeed run on a Mac - with some adjustments of course.