If you'd like to run Mathematica 6.0 and 6.0.1 on Solaris x86, then you will find this how to install article from genunix OpenSolaris Wiki helpful. Before you begin, however, note this limitation: Mathematica from Wolfram Research is supported on Sun's Solaris x86 operating system, but only on AMD 64-bit CPUs, not any Intel CPUs. On Intel, Mathematica will crash immediately. The article speculates that, while modern Intel chips support most of the AMD instructions, it appears not to support the AMD_3Dnow instructions, which one of the libraries supplied with Mathematica needs. The author discovered that, with downloaded libraries from the Sun Studio 12 development kit and using the clean Start option, Mathematica can be made to work on Intel, though more slowly than on the same machine running Vista. In fact, put to a choice, the author clearly opts for the best performance, which comes with using Solaris x86 on an AMD CPU. Still, the verdict is that, with the provisos included in the install instructions, the Intel installation is quite usable.

The installation steps are relatively few in number, seven to be exact, and one, the clean Start option should not be necessary after the install.

One cautionary note worthy of consideration is that this installation is not supported by Wolfram research, so one uses it at his or her own risk.

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