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E.2 Downloading instructions
SINGULAR is available as binary program for most common hard-
and software platforms. Release versions of SINGULAR can be
downloaded with ftp from our FTP site
or, using your favourite WWW browser, from
To download SINGULAR for a Unix platform
Make sure that you have approximately 12MByte of free disk space and follow
these steps.
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You need to download two (archive) files:
Singular-3-0-1-share.tar.gz
- contains architecture independent data like documentation and libraries
(alternatively, you may also download
Singular-3-0-1-share.zip ).
Singular-3-0-1-<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 libc version 6 (e.g., for SuSe
Linux distribution version >= 6; RedHat Linux distribution version >= 5.2).
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ix86-Linux-libc5 |
PC's running under Linux with libc version 5 (if you are not
sure which libc version you have, run ldd /bin/ls ).
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ix86-Win |
PC's running Windows 95/98/NT/2K/XP 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.
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HPUX-9 |
HP workstations running under HPUX version 9
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HPUX-10 |
HP workstations running under HPUX version 10
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SunOS-5 |
Sun workstations running Solaris version 5
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IRIX-6 |
IRIX workstations running IRIX version 6
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AIX-4 |
AIX workstations running AIX version 4
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Please contact us if
you can not find an appropriate architecture dependent archive.
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Simply change to the directory in which you wish to install
SINGULAR (usually wherever you install 3rd-party software):
SINGULAR specific subdirectories will be created in such a way
that multiple versions and multiple architecture dependent files
of SINGULAR can peaceably coexist under the same /usr/local/
tree.
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Unpack the archives:
| gzip -dc Singular-3-0-1-<uname>.tar.gz | tar -pxf -
gzip -dc Singular-3-0-1-share.tar.gz | tar -pxf -
| If you have downloaded Singular-3-0-1-share.zip ,
unpack with
| unzip -u Singular-3-0-1-share.zip
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After unpacking, see the created file
Singular/3-0-1/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
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Download one of the following self-extracting archives:
Singular-3-0-1-Compact.exe
- Minimal archive to download. Installs Singular and minimal set of needed
tools/DLLs.
Singular-3-0-1-Typical.exe
- Typical archive to download. Installs Singular and the XEmacs editor to
run ESingular.
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Double-click (or, execute), the self-extracting archives, and
carefully follow the instructions given there.
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In case of problems, see the created file
etc/INSTALL.txt (which is also located at
ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/INSTALL_win.html
for details on how to finish the installation.
To download SINGULAR for the Macintosh
The port of SINGULAR will be available soon.
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