William T Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Nathan Smith wrote: > > > lab. We're going to need to have Mathematica on the computers in the lab, > > and according to the Wolfram web page Mathematica will run on any ELF > > Linux system, but it's my understanding that Debian is not ELF but glibc6. > > This is not a problem. ELF is a format for executables. It does not have > anything to do with the C library version. It's sort of like Texaco > selling fuel. You need to use it in a gasoline engine (as opposed to > Diesel for example), but it doesn't matter if you have a '99 Corvette or a > '78 Pinto. :}
And just to bolster your confidence, I ran Mathematica just fine on my Debian slink system for quite some time. Gary
