after installing maple (using the java pc-anywhere installer) on /home/kiwi/maple11, my folder contained only the 32 bit folders: * bin.IBM_INTEL_LINUX * jre.IBM_INTEL_LINUX and when i tried to run maple i got: ./maple: line 453: /home/kiwi/maple11/bin.X86_64_LINUX/cmaple: No such file or directory ./maple: line 453: exec: /home/kiwi/maple11/bin.X86_64_LINUX/cmaple: cannot execute: No such file or directory so i've (symbolically) linked it: > ln -s bin.IBM_INTEL_LINUX/ bin.X86_64_LINUX then again with xmaple: /home/kiwi/maple11/bin/maple: line 446: /home/kiwi/maple11/jre.X86_64_LINUX/bin/java: No such file or directory so i linked this one too: > ln -s jre.IBM_INTEL_LINUX/ jre.X86_64_LINUX after this all is OK and running "kernelopts(version);" from maple gives: Maple 11.00, IBM INTEL LINUX, etc. i.e. it's 32 bit.. Enjoy!