I am trying a trial version of Maple 2025 on Linux, since not able to use Maple 2025 on windows (uninstalled it).

Everything was working well, (no UI shuffling at all so far) except now I find I am not able to export plot to PostScript. 

Same code works fine using cmaple.exe on windows. But using cmaple on Linux, it fails.

How does one export a plot using Maple 2025 on linux to PostScript, and it must be using cmaple, since I run everything from command line.

I also made sure I have /home/me/maple2025 and /home/me/maple2025/bin.X86_64_LINUX
 in my Linux $PATH. 

Here is a MW

# A.mpl file

    p:=plot(sin(x),x=-3..3):
    plotsetup(ps, plotoutput="p.ps");
    try
        print(p); 
    catch:        
        plotsetup(default):   
        print(lastexception);
    end try;     

   exit();

I run the above using the command

>/home/me/maple2025/bin.X86_64_LINUX/cmaple A.mpl 

License expires in 14 days
    |\^/|     Maple 2025 (X86 64 LINUX)
._|\|   |/|_. Copyright (c) Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. 2025
 \  MAPLE  /  All rights reserved. Maple is a trademark of
 <____ ____>  Waterloo Maple Inc.
      |       Type ? for help.
>     p:=plot(sin(x),x=-3..3):
>     plotsetup(ps, plotoutput="p.ps");
>     try
>         print(p); 
>     catch:        
>         plotsetup(default):   
>         print(lastexception);
>     end try;     
cannot locate postscript AFM files
                                                                     0, "Error in device driver: plot terminated"


>     exit();
                                                                                        exit()

> quit
memory used=7.5MB, alloc=41.3MB, time=0.06
>

The problem seems to be due to cannot locate postscript AFM files which I've seen this before and was never been able to get any help on it. I asked about this missing AFM files here many years ago, but can't find the question now searching and no one from Maplesoft seems to know why this happens.

Same exact code works fine on windows under DOS using cmaple.exe.

Any one knows any workaround? I looked at export command but it does not support PostScript.

Without being able to export plots from command line, I can't use Maple 2025 on Linux. So I hope there is a work around. Are these AFM files supposed to come with Maple? Maybe I need to set some path to help Maple find them?

When I google this, it says

So maybe Maple does not ship with AFM files like it does with windows and mac? Where do I get these from and where do I put them on Linux? Why Maplesoft does not mention anything about this in installation instructions for Linux?

Could someone with Maple 2025 on Linux try the above and see if it works for them?

Update

so far, jpeg export works only

>/home/me/maple2025/bin.X86_64_LINUX/cmaple A.mpl
License expires in 14 days
    |\^/|     Maple 2025 (X86 64 LINUX)
._|\|   |/|_. Copyright (c) Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. 2025
 \  MAPLE  /  All rights reserved. Maple is a trademark of
 <____ ____>  Waterloo Maple Inc.
      |       Type ? for help.
#    p:=plot(sin(x),x=-3..3):
>     plotsetup(jpeg, plotoutput="p.jpeg");
>     try
>         plot(sin(x),x=-3..3);
>     catch:        
>         plotsetup(default):   
>         print(lastexception);
>     end try;     

>     exit();
                                                                                                         exit()

> quit

But can't use jpeg. need ps.

I also copied Maple afm/ to /usr/share/fonts and refreshed font config using fc-cache -fv , and Maple still does not find the AFM font files.  So I have no idea how to make Maple find its own afm/ folder.

Update

Version information. I use Linux inside Virtual box. I use Arch based distrubution called endeavouros

cat /etc/os-release
NAME="EndeavourOS"
PRETTY_NAME="EndeavourOS"
ID="endeavouros"
ID_LIKE="arch"


hostnamectl
 Static hostname: me-virtualbox
       Icon name: computer-vm
  Virtualization: oracle
Operating System: EndeavourOS                     
          Kernel: Linux 6.13.8-arch1-1
    Architecture: x86-64
 Hardware Vendor: innotek GmbH
  Hardware Model: VirtualBox
Firmware Version: VirtualBox
   Firmware Date: Fri 2006-12-01
    Firmware Age: 18y 3month 3w 5d   

I had this problem in Maple 2024.2 but not as bad as Maple 2025. In Maple 2024.2 the UI will shuffle every few hrs. Then I have to close Maple and restart it.

With Maple 2025, it now shuffle when I try to do anything. Basically I am not able to use Maple 2025 at all. 

I made sure my NVidia drivers are up to date.

I have two monitors. Both running at 2560x1080 (native). 60 HZ. Both are LG Electronics 32" wide.

Only Maple have this issue on my PC.

Here is a movie. Once I open any new menu or click on anything, the desktop goes bizzerick and Maple screen starts glitching randomly and move around with the mouse. I can;t even see the close button any more. In this case, I simply did this:

Open new Maple 2025.

Then just did FILE->Open->Browse and now it started to shuffle.

New installation of Maple 2025 today.

I never seen anything like this in all the  years I have been using windows apps except with Maple.

Here is another movie, where I start Maple 2025, and simply do insert executable section, then it starts to shuff. I have not typed anything. 

I will try to also reboot my PC to see if it helps, but I've done this before, but not after updating the drivers (even though it is not needed). (waiting for a script to finish, which can take few more hrs).

I will also try to remove one monitor to see if has anything to do with it.

The above Makes Maple 2025 completely not useable.

I called Maple customer support also and left my phone number to see if they can suggest something.

New PC (2 years), latest windows 10, 128 GB RAM.

The new user interface seems to made this shuffling problem worst than with Maple 2024.2

Any idea what else to try? 

Update

Rebooted PC. No effect.

Resinstaled NVidia drivers, and did clear installation, resetting to factory settings. No effect.

Removed one monitor. No effect.

Have no idea why Maple UI does this. 

Windows 10 pro, 22H2

Update 2

I've downloaded Maple 2025 trial for 15 days to try on Linux.

Installed OK and UI works great with no shuffling. All on same PC. Linux running inside Virtual box.

So the shuffling only happens on windows. 

I think I will go tommorrow buy a new PC and install Linux on it and just use Maple on Linux from now on. I've uninstalled Maple 2025 from windows since it is completely not useable for me.

Where is the tools->options  menu in Maple 2025? I can't find it. 

This is how it looks in Maple 2024:

I open new worksheet, but it is still uses math for input. I wanted to change that like I did in Maple 2024 to use Maple notation.

But do not see any options under tools in Maple 2025:

Windows 10.

I found this version after Maple 2025 installation in Windows programs menu. It looks like a fully functional Maple version using the old GUI.

Why is it called "for screen readers"? I do not understand the link to persons with disabilites (I assume that the icon stands for it)?
In which respect is the new GUI less suited for visually impaired(?) people? I think the readabilty of the new GUI is at least as good as the old GUI.

In case Maple 2025 for Screen Readers is a fully functional Maple version, I give two thumbs up to Maplesoft. Smart move not to immediately impose a "disruptive" new GUI with allot of potential for new users to everyone.

On Ubuntu 24.04 or LinuxMint 22.1 (based on Ubuntu 24.04) I have the problem with(Matlab) funtions functionality

Matlab[openlink]();
Error, (in Matlab:-openlink) There was a problem initializing the Matlab engine. Refer to ?Matlab,setup for help configuring your system to work with the Matlab-link.  The error was: Maple/Matlab Link: Can't start Matlab engine; environment variable $MATLAB_BASEDIR not set

+ other error mesages from CLI:

starting mmatlink
In connectToMatlab
/bin/csh: /opt/MATLAB/R2024b/bin/glnxa64/libbsd.so.0: version `LIBBSD_0.7' not found (required by /bin/csh)

MATLAB R2024b using obsolete libbsd ver. 0.4.2 !!! So this is probably the problem...

$MATLAB_BASEDIR is properly defined at maple script:

# In order to link to MATLAB from within Maple, correct the following path
# and uncomment the next four lines, or define the environment variable,
# $MATLAB_BASEDIR outside this script.
if [ -z "$MATLAB_BASEDIR" ] ; then
MATLAB_BASEDIR=/opt/MATLAB/R2024b
export MATLAB_BASEDIR
fi

# C-shell is required for link to MATLAB (sudo apt install csh)

Any help???

Does Maple 2025 have a dark theme or GUI color customization?

Does this happen in Maple 2025?

Why when adding Physics:-Setup(assumingusesAssume = true): now Maple gives internal exception which can not even be cought?

Download ode_test_with_physics_march_25_2025.mw

Neither dragging the Maple Window to the screen edge nor Windows key & Arrow keys works on my
Windows 10 machine.

Is this only my installation?

Anything I can do get normal Windows windows behaviour back?

I've posted this issue in the beta forum for Maple previously, but apparently this issue was never addressed, so I am going to repost it here.

Contrary to Maple 2024, components like TextArea now ignore the general view zoom factor in Maple 2025.

I'll submit it as a software change request once Maple 2025 is on the list.

I’m absolutely delighted to announce the launch of Maple 2025!

Although you see a new release every year, new features take anything from a few fast-paced weeks to develop, to months of careful cultivation.

Working on so many features in parallel, each with varying time scales, isn't easy! We have to fastidiously manage and track our work.

So it's easy to lose ourselves in the daily minutiae of software development. To help us maintain perspective, we constantly ask ourselves questions like:

• What user problem are we solving and how often does this problem occur?
• Can we validate our proposed solution with preliminary user feedback?
• Is this a solution to a problem that doesn't exist and will never exist, or are we pre-empting a future need?
• Are we offering value to our users?

Given the answers, we course-correct to make sure we stay on track for our central mission - to make you happy, and to keep you coming back year-after-year.

With Maple 2025, I think we've smashed that goal. We have many new features that'll appeal to many different types of users - from students, educators and mathematicians, to engineers, scientists and technical professionals

Let me walk you through some of my personal highlights.

It’ll be difficult for anyone to miss this - Maple 2025 has a new interface! It’s a ribbon-based UI that look clean and contemporary, and helps you find and discover tools more quickly than before.

You have large, meaningful icons.

Items are logically grouped.

The ribbons is contextual. If you click on a plot, you get new tabs for interacting with and drawing on the plot.

A new Education tab collects pedagogical resources that were scattered around the interface in prior releases.

This is the biggest visual overhaul to Maple in many years. We hope you like it! 

We also appreciate that changes in look and feel can be divisive. Please rest assured that we will refine and finesse the interface with each successive release; your comments and suggestions are most welcome.

The new interface is available on Windows and Linux, and as a technology preview on Mac.

The right arrow key on my keyboard is wearing out…and it’s all because of Maple. I’m knee deep in Maple nearly every day entering equations, and I’m always using right-arrow to move the cursor. It gets kind of tedious!

This anecdote reflects some investigative work we did. We comprehensively examined our internal library of thousands of Maple worksheets and discovered that these three input patterns are extremely common.

Previously, you’d use the right-arrow key to move the cursor out of the exponential, division or subscript.

Now, in Maple 2025, when you

• type ^, /, or enter a literal subscript with a double-underscore,
• followed by a number or symbol
• and then input another operator (such as +)

the operator is automatically inserted on the baseline (except when y = 1).

Of course, you can also make the cursor return to or stay in the exponent or denominator with a simple keystroke, when that is what is needed.

This is one of those little quality of life refinements that I’m very fond of - it’s a little visual and usability dopamine hit.

The sum command (and its typeset form) now indexes into vectors without you needing to spam unevaluation quotes all over your expression.

We’ve been integrating units deeper into the Maple system, release after release. Much of this is driven by our engineering users.

A few releases ago, we made int(numeric) compatible with units. With Maple 2025, you can now numerically differentiate  expressions and procedures that have units.

I’m a grizzled thermodynamics hack, so here’s an example in which I calculate the specific heat capacity of water by differentiating enthalpy with respect to temperature (and then confirm the result with the built-in value):

This is in addition to many other improvements to the units experience.

Although this is a part of Maple that I don’t touch often (my colleague Karishma takes point on the education side), I REALLY wish I’d had this when I was struggling with math.

You can now automatically generate unlimited variants of the same problem for students to solve with the Try Another feature, which has been added to Maple’s Check My Work tools (another feature I really could have used!). This is available for many common math principles, including factorization, simplification, integration and more.

This is just one of the improvements in Maple 2025 for teaching and learning.

 If you’ve ever found yourself going back and forth (and back and forth) between two large, almost identical-looking Maple expressions, trying to figure out how they are different, you’re going to love this one.  ExpressionTools is a new package that lets you compare the differences between two expressions.

I really like the use of color to highlight differences. Less squinting at the screen!

You can now run Maple Flow worksheets from Maple (you don’t need Maple Flow installed to do this). You can send parameters into the Flow worksheet and extract your desired results.

This means you can use the entire flexibility of Maple to analysis and manipulate your Flow worksheet. You could, for example:

• Attach a Flow worksheet to a Maple workbook and create an interactive application
• Carry out parameter studies of a Flow worksheet by evaluating it over many parameter sets in Maple
• Create an Excel interface for a Flow worksheet using the Maple add-in for Excel

Simplify is one of those functions that literally tens of thousands of people use each day. Every time we make an incremental improvement, the cumulative benefits across our entire user base are significant.

We’ve refined simplify in a number of critical ways. For example, simplify now recognizes when exponentials can be profitably converted to hyperbolic trig functions:

The analysis of many scientific phenomena result in Laplace transforms that do not have a symbolic inverse which can be expressed in terms of elementary functions. This includes applications in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, fractional diffusion processes, control systems and electrical transmission.

For example, this monster Laplace transform results from an analysis of voltage on a transmission line:

You can now numerically invert this transform courtesy of an enhancement to inttrans:-invlaplace - a fast quadrature method.

I’ve saved what I think has the most future potential for last.

I’m sure nearly all of you have experimented with the various AI tools. They’re an inevitable part of our present and future, whether we're comfortable with it or not.

This is something we've been mulling over for some time.

• In Maple 2019, the DeepLearning package made its debut. This package provides tools for machine learning, supporting operations such as classification and regression using neural networks.
• In Maple 2024, we introduced an AI-powered formula lookup feature.

In Maple 2025, we’re giving you an early-stage technology preview of AI-powered document generation.

You can automatically generate worksheet content by prompting an AI, and then gradually refine the content

If you’re an educator, you might want some content that describes applications of calculus. So you might ask the AI “How do I derive the formula for the area of a circle” by entering your prompt into this text box:

This is the worksheet content that may be returned:

If you’re structural engineer who wants to know how to calculate the hardness of concrete, you might ask the AI: “How do I calculate the compressive strength of slow hardening concrete as a function of time? Use the CEB-FIP Model Code 90. Include a worked example with Maple code”.

This worksheet content that could be generated (note the live Maple code):

We’re labelling AI-generated worksheet content as a technology preview. You might see

• text that might be misleading (but sounds plausible)
• code that doesn’t work (but looks plausible)
• or different results each time you click “Generate Document”

For the moment, I would not rely on AI-generated worksheet content without realistic expectations, a healthy dose of scepticism and a modicum of detached analysis. But AI models are rapidly growing in robustness, and we want to position ourselves to best exploit their future potential. The next few years will be VERY exciting.

We can never cover everything in a short blog post like this. So if you want to know more, head on over to the What’s New pages for Maple 2025!