Re: Problem with renaming Mathematica path on Mac OS X
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- Subject: [mg111788] Re: Problem with renaming Mathematica path on Mac OS X
- From: Nate Dudenhoeffer <ndudenhoeffer at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:56:20 -0400 (EDT)
Bob, I am not sure if there is a way to change the saved installation directory, but you should be able to change it each time Mathematica starts by editing the sysinit.m file. I have not tested this, but I think this should accomplish what you want. Right click on Mathematica.app and click "View package contents" >From there navigate to the folder: SystemFiles/Kernel/SystemResources/ Select the folded relevant to your system. Open sysinit.m in a text editor (it would be a good idea to make a backup first) On a new line just after "Begin[ "System`Private`"]" set the $installationDirectory variable. For example: $InstallationDirectory="/Applications/Wolfram/Mathematica_7.0.1.app" I hope this helps. Maybe someone else can offer you a solution which would seem like less of a "work-around" Regards, Nate On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:30 AM, Bob F <deepyogurt at gmail.com> wrote: > Am running Mathematica on Mac OS X system and I had installed it into > the folder > > /Applications/Wolfram/Mathematica 7.0.1.app > > But this caused a problem with trying to do something with > LinkSnooper, so I tried to just rename it to: > > /Applications/Wolfram/Mathematica_7.0.1.app > > but now I get an error during startup that says > > Mathematica was unable to open the file > /Applications/Wolfram/Mathematica 7.0.1.app/SystemFiles/FrontEnd/ > TextResources/Macintosh/UnicodeLanguageFontMapping.tr > > So apparently there is some place in Mathematica that remembers where > the app was originally installed rather than "learn" it from wherever > it is currently running from. > > Any suggestions how to fix this?? Have noticed no other problems due > to this simple change of name so far. > > Thanks... > > -Bob > >