Attention
WARNING: From 9am on 19th August until 5pm on 2nd September there will be no access to the Stanage HPC cluster.
We will send an email to notify you when Stanage is back online and available for job submission.
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
High Performance Computing with Maple A tutorial from the Sheffield Research Software Engineering group on how to use Maple in a High Performance Computing environment
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
.