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Maple¶

Scientific Computing and Visualisation

Interactive Usage¶

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

The latest version of Maple (currently 2016) is made available with the command

module load apps/binapps/maple

Alternatively, you can load a specific version with

module load apps/binapps/maple/2016
module load apps/binapps/maple/2015

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/binapps/maple/2015

maple < mycode.mpl

For general information on how to submit batch jobs refer to Running 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 2016

Run the installer Maple2016.1LinuxX64Installer.run and follow instructions.
Choose Install folder /usr/local/packages6/apps/binapps/maple2016
Do not configure MATLAB
Choose a network license. Details on IT Services internal wiki.
Uncheck ‘Enable periodic checking for Maple 2016 updates’
Check ‘Check for updates now’

The module file is at /usr/local/modulefiles/apps/binapps/maple/2016

#%Module10.2#####################################################################

## Module file logging
source /usr/local/etc/module_logging.tcl
##

proc ModulesHelp { } {
        global ver

        puts stderr " Makes Maple $ver available to the system."
}

# Maple version (not in the user's environment)
set     ver     2016

module-whatis   "sets the necessary Maple $ver paths"

prepend-path PATH /usr/local/packages6/apps/binapps/maple2016/bin

Maple 2015

The module file is at /usr/local/modulefiles/apps/binapps/maple/2015

#%Module10.2####################################################################
#

## Module file logging
source /usr/local/etc/module_logging.tcl
##

proc ModulesHelp { } {
        global ver

        puts stderr " Makes Maple $ver available to the system."
}

# Maple version (not in the user's environment)
set     ver     2015

module-whatis   "sets the necessary Maple $ver paths"

prepend-path PATH /usr/local/packages6/maple/bin/