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

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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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All new Linux people are worrying about being productive with Linux, as an engineer Matlab is a program that can eliminate most of my technical computational needs. the first time i downloaded it. It looks like walking in a jungle of folders,scripts and files; in the second time i could wrap almost all the process .

if you are ready, let us begin :

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Packages are a very clever tool to make your software have true dependencies and updated, .deb packages make it easy for the package manager to maintain the database of the libraries dependencies. It was a problem for me how i can have my software downloaded from internet separated from the Ubuntu? how i can share others with my packages ? especially for whom does not have internet.It is essential to have a backup of your software for rebuilding your system. Finally i find a very nice tool to do all the job while your drinking coffee.

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