Debian package for Maple

Description

Debian rules to generate a Debian package for Maple for amd64 architecture. The Maple installer Maple*LinuxX64Installer.run corresponding to the version in changelog has to be provided to build the package.

The generated Debian package:

• installs Maple in /opt/maple
• adds links to maple and xmaple executables in /usr/bin
• adds icon and desktop menu entry in /usr/share
• adds license file if provided

A license file license.dat has to be provided to use Maple either next to the installer in order to be included in the package or need to be added in /opt/maple/license/ after the package is installed. To use a network license server the license.dat is simply:

SERVER hostname-or-ip-of-license-server ANY 27000
USE_SERVER

Inspired by Maple Arch Linux PKGBUILD.

Package build

1. Define the desired version:

    export VERSION=2022.2
   

2. Clone the git repository containing the packages rules in an empty directory:

    git clone -b $VERSION https://github.com/guillod/deb-maple.git maple-$VERSION
    cd maple-$VERSION
   

3. Put the Maple installer Maple${VERSION}LinuxX64Installer.run in the current directory (maple-$VERSION).

4. Optionally, put a license.dat file (network license server) in the same directory in order to include it in the package.

5. Generate the package for example with:

    debuild --no-lintian -i -b -uc -us
   

   or sbuild (note you can speed up the creation of the source archive using --dpkg-source-opts="-Zgzip -z1").

Installation

Once generated, the package maple_$VERSION_amd64.deb can be installed for example with:

sudo apt install ../maple_$VERSION_amd64.deb

Contact

For comments, issues, bug-reports and requests, please use the issue tracker of the current repository. Otherwise the principal author can be reached at:

Julien Guillod
julien.guillod CHEZ sorbonne-universite.fr
https://guillod.org/
Department of Mathematics
Sorbonne University
France