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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 favorite WWW browser, from
To download SINGULAR for a Unix platform
Make sure that you have approximately 20 MByte of free disk space and follow
these steps.
- You need to download two (archive) files:
Singular-2-0-4-share.tar.gz
contains architecture independent data like documentation and libraries
ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/UNIX/Singular-2-0-4-share.tar.gz
Singular-2-0-4-<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:
Please contact us if
you can not find an appropriate architecture dependent archive.
- 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.
- Unpack the archives:
gzip -dc Singular-2-0-4-<uname>.tar.gz | tar -pxf -
gzip -dc Singular-2-0-4-share.tar.gz | tar -pxf -
If you have downloaded Singular-2-0-4-share.zip ,
unpack with
unzip -u Singular-2-0-4-share.zip
- After unpacking, see the created file
Singular/2-0-4/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/ME/NT/2K/XP
- Download one of the following self-extracting archives:
Singular-2-0-4-Compact.exe
Minimal archive to download. Installs Singular and minimal set of needed
tools and DLLs.
Singular-2-0-4-Typical.exe
Typical archive to download. Installs Singular and the XEmacs editor to
run ESingular.
- Double-click (or, execute), the self-extracting archives, and
carefully follow the instructions given there.
- If, while running setup, you obtain the following message
Setup failed to launch installation engine:
Error loading type library/DLL , then you need to download and execute Microsoft DCOM98 package
http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom98/download.asp.
Such a problem could appear on Win 95/98.
- 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/WINDOWS/INSTALL_win.htm
for details on how to finish the installation.
To download SINGULAR for the Macintosh
For the SINGULAR version for Mac OS X refer to the Unix section.
The SINGULAR version for Mac OS 9 is available as
ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/MAC/classic/Singular-2-0-2-html.sea.hqx (documentation) and ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/MAC/classic/Singular-2-0-2-ppc-MPW.sea.hqx (binaries and libraries).
The file ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/MAC/classic/INSTALL_mac.html
gives details on how to finish the installation.
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