Error: The installer was unable to check for a valid password file. Your Mathematica installation may be incomplete or corrupted

Mustafa | November 25, 2007 | 3:15 pm

Many people face this error when they try to install Mathematics on Linux :

Error: The installer was unable to check for a valid password file. Your
Mathematica installation may be incomplete or corrupted.

it is because some libraries are missing , just download these :

sudo apt-get install build-essential

sudo apt-get install libstdc++5

Mustafa Mustafa

ENJOY!

How to install Mathematica 6,Linux,Ubuntu.

Mustafa | August 25, 2007 | 6:17 pm

Mathematica 6 is a great leap from it is predecessors Mathematica 5 and 5.2 . With many new built-in functions, more dynamic in graphics designs, more enhanced interface, and a way better syntax active annotation. For me i find it very boring to work on old versions. I hope you can enjoy it as well.

Here is how to do it :

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