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E.2 Download instructions

SINGULAR is available as binary program for most common hard- and software platforms. Instructions to download and install SINGULAR can be found at
 
http://www.singular.uni-kl.de/download.html.

Release versions of SINGULAR are also available from our FTP site
 
ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/.

To download SINGULAR for a Unix platform

Make sure that you have approximately 20 MByte of free disk space and follow these steps.

  1. You need to download two (archive) files:
    a:
    Singular-3-1-6-share.tar.gz contains architecture independent data like documentation and libraries
    b:
    Singular-3-1-6-<uname>.tar.gz contains architecture dependent executables, like the SINGULAR program.
    <uname> is a description of the processor and operating system for which SINGULAR is compiled. Choose one of the following:
    ix86-Linux PC's running under Linux with a current libc version.
    ix86-Win PC's running Windows 95/98/NT/2K/XP/Vista which have Cygwin version 1.0 (or higher) already installed. Unless you are familiar with Cygwin, we recommend that you download one of the self-extracting archives as described below.
    SunOS-5 Sun workstations running Solaris version 5
    sparc64-Linux Sun workstations running Linux in 64bit mode
    ix86-SunOS PC/Opteron workstations running Solaris version 5
    ppcMac-darwin ppc-Macintosh computers running OS X (10.4)
    ix86Mac-darwin ix86-Macintosh computers running OS X (10.5)
    x86_64-Linux Opteron workstations running Linux in 64bit mode
    IRIX-6 IRIX workstations running IRIX version 6
    AIX-4 AIX workstations running AIX version 4
    Please contact us if you cannot find an appropriate architecture dependent archive.

  2. Simply change to the directory in which you wish to install SINGULAR (usually wherever you install 3rd-party software):
     
    cd /usr/local/	
    

    SINGULAR specific subdirectories will be created in such a way that multiple versions and multiple architecture dependent files of SINGULAR can coexist under the same /usr/local/ tree.

  3. Unpack the archives:
     
    gzip -dc Singular-3-1-6-<uname>.tar.gz | tar -pxf -
    gzip -dc Singular-3-1-6-share.tar.gz | tar -pxf -
    

  4. After unpacking, see the created file Singular/3-1-6/INSTALL (which is also located at ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/INSTALL_unix.html for details on how to finish the installation.

To download SINGULAR for Windows 95/98/NT/2K/XP/Vista

  1. Download one of the following self-extracting archives:
    Singular-3-1-6-Small.exe
    Minimal archive to download. Installs SINGULAR and a minimal set of needed tools/DLLs.
    Singular-3-1-6-Full.exe
    Complete archive to download. Installs SINGULAR and the XEmacs editor for running ESingular.

  2. Double-click (or, execute), the self-extracting archives, and carefully follow the instructions given there.

  3. In case of problems, consult http://www.singular.uni-kl.de/WINDOWS/index.html.

To download SINGULAR for the Macintosh

We recommend fink to install Singular on a Macintosh running Mac OsX: it supports currently the follwing versions of OsX: 10.4/intel, 10.4/powerpc, 10.4/powerpc (transitional), 10.3. If you would like to install a binary package, Unix installation instructions apply. (See http://fink.sf.net)


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