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I just uploaded to Ubuntu 14.04, but Mathematica 10.1 is not working any more. I un-installed it and re-installed again. 

$ sudo bash Mathematica_10.1.0_LINUX.sh
Mathematica 10.1.0 for LINUX Installer Archive

Verifying archive integrity. 
Extracting installer
/usr/NKS/Mathematica
Create directory (y/n)?
> y
Now installing...
> /usr/NKS/Mathematica
Installation complete.

But when I launch the software, it says

/usr/NKS/Mathematica$ mathematica
mathematica: command not found

I asked already to the StackExchnge Ask-Mathematica. They told me to verify the System Requirements, and I do, and closed my question because not relevant to the community as specific to OS and not to the software itself. Is there someone who encountered a similar problem and could, please, help me? Thank you, XXXL

Oli
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  • What's the output of `ls -l /usr/NKS/Mathematica; echo $PATH`? You may need to run `cd /usr/NKS/Mathematica` then `./mathematica` to run it. – Alaa Ali Sep 24 '15 at 12:32
  • Great, it worked! Thanks! But do I have repeat this procedure every time? Is there any way to run it by simply clicking on the command as it was before updating to Ubuntu 14.04? – Three Shell Sep 24 '15 at 13:03

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There are many ways to accomplish what you want. I think the best method for you is to create a shortcut on the desktop called Mathematica, and just double click it to launch the program. To do this:

Open gedit, create a new file with the following in it, call it Mathematica.desktop, and place it on the Desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Mathematica
Comment=Launch the Mathematica program
Exec=/usr/NKS/Mathematica/mathematica
Terminal=false
Type=Application

Open a terminal and type chmod +x ~/Desktop/Mathematica.desktop to make it "executable" (i.e. double-clickable). That's it. Double click the file on the desktop called Mathematica and it should work.

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