mathematica

As of Version 14.1, mathematica has been replaced by WolframNB.

starts the full Wolfram System, including notebook interface on Unix and Linux.

Details

The Wolfram System notebook interface provides dynamic interactivity and enhanced graphics functionality and calls the kernel via WSTP to perform calculations.
The first calculation in a notebook may take slightly longer, as it typically launches the kernel.
The following command-line options are accepted on Unix and Linux:

	-cleanStart	ignore stored caches and rebuild the front end preferences file
	-help	display a list of all command-line options
	-wstp	make the front end run as a child process that is capable of accepting WSTP packets
	-nogui	prevent the display of any kind of window or dialogs
	-noSplashScreen	prevent the splash screen from being displayed on startup
	-platform plat	specify the Qt platform abstraction plugin
	-preferencesDirectory dir	specify the location where preference settings are stored
	-pwfile file	specify a file in which to look for Wolfram System passwords
	-pwpath p	specify the search path for a password file
	-server	run in server mode, which disables user interaction
	-singleLaunch	allow only one copy of the front end per display
	-style s	specify the widget style used by the front end
	-topDirectory dir	specify the location of the Wolfram System installation directory
	-version	print the current version of the front end on the command line

When using -font, a list of possible font names can be found by using . The name can be expressed either as an X Logical Font Description or as a valid font alias.
By default, the X version of the notebook front end effectively uses -platform xcb to use the X Window System Qt Platform Abstraction plugin. When running the front end in server mode, it may be useful to run without an X server by specifying -platform offscreen.
If you are running X, an additional menu folder named Wolfram is already installed in the desktop menu. Inside the folder is an item named Mathematica that points to the most recently installed version of the Wolfram System. File associations are modified such that .nb files are associated with the most recently installed version of the Wolfram System.

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