Maple is a general purpose software tool for math, data analysis, visualization, and programming. It provides a complete, rapid solution development environment for thousands of technical organizations. Pricing for Maple is rather favorable. For applications which could be implemented likewise and with similar efforts for Maple, Mathematica and Matlab should seriously consider using Maple.
Information
Source: https://www.maplesoft.com/
- License: commercial
- Path: /opt/maple/<version>
- Licensing: concurrent
License server: zitlic01.desy.de only accessible from within the DESY network. Standalone licenses are also availble
- Downloads: Maple Downloads & Licenses
Availability:
 | RedHat SL6 | pre-installed in /opt/maple/ (linked into afs). Local installation possible if needed provided sufficient disk space in /opt/ is available. |
 | RedHat EL7 | pre-installed in /opt/maple/(linked into afs). Local installation possible if needed provided sufficient disk space in /opt/ is available. |
 | Ubuntu/Debian | pre-installed in /opt/maple/(linked into afs) |
| Other linux | fetch the binary tarball and unpack. Installation can be in arbitrary locations and hence doesn't require admin rights. | |
 | Windows | Available as NetInstall package. If not, also available as installer from download page |
 | Mac OSX | available as installer from download page |
Using maple (linux)
Usually mathematica can be invoked directly as a versioned command
[me@pal ~]$ /usr/local/bin/maple2017 # to start the command-line tool or simply [me@pal ~]$ maple2017 # as /usr/local/bin will usually be in the PATH. [me@pal ~]$ xmaple2017 # for the full graphical application
There is however no unversioned command "maple". To always use the most recent available version
[me@pal ~]$ module load maple # to use the newest version [me@pal ~]$ module load maple/2016 # to use a specific version [me@pal ~]$ xmaple