Attention

The ShARC HPC cluster was decommissioned on the 30th of November 2023 at 17:00. It is no longer possible for users to access that cluster.

Maple

Scientific Computing and Visualisation

Interactive Usage

After connecting to sharc (see Establishing a SSH connection), start an interactive session with the qrshx command.

The latest version of Maple (currently 2022) is made available with the command

module load apps/maple

Alternatively, you can load a specific version with

module load apps/maple/2022/binary
module load apps/maple/2018/binary

You can then run the graphical version of Maple by entering xmaple or the command line version by entering maple.

Batch usage

It is not possible to run Maple worksheets in batch mode. Instead, you must convert your worksheet to a pure text file that contains a set of maple input commands. You can do this in Maple by opening your worksheet and clicking on File->Export As->Maple Input. The result will have the file extension .mpl

An example Sun Grid Engine submission script that makes use of a .mpl file called, for example, mycode.mpl is

#!/bin/bash
# Request 4 gigabytes of real memory
#$ -l rmem=4G

module load apps/maple/2022

maple < mycode.mpl

For general information on how to submit batch jobs refer to Batch Jobs.

Tutorials

Installation notes

These are primarily for administrators of the system.

Maple 2022

  • Run the installer Maple2022.1LinuxX64Installer.run and follow instructions.

  • Choose Install folder /usr/local/packages/apps/maple/2022/binary

  • Do not configure MATLAB

  • Choose a network license. Details on IT Services internal wiki.

  • Uncheck ‘Enable periodic checking for Maple 2022 updates’

  • Check ‘Check for updates now’

The module file is /usr/local/modulefiles/apps/maple/2022/binary.