| 1 | Singular version 1.2 |
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| 2 | University of Kaiserslautern |
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| 3 | Department of Mathematics Centre for Computer Algebra |
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| 4 | Authors: G.-M. Greuel, G. Pfister, H. Schoenemann |
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| 5 | (C) 1986-1998 All Rights Reserved |
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| 6 | |
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| 7 | MACINTOSH INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR SINGULAR |
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| 8 | ================================================= |
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| 9 | To install Singular on a Macintosh (PPC or 68k), you need the file |
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| 10 | Singular-<x-y-z>-<target>-MPW.sea.hqx |
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| 11 | which you can obtain by public ftp from |
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| 12 | ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/ |
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| 13 | Furthermore, you need MacOS version >= 7.5 with an installed MPW |
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| 14 | shell (see below for instructions on how to get MPW). |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | TO INSTALL SINGULAR |
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| 18 | =================== |
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| 19 | 0.) Make sure that you have MPW E.T.O. >= 21 installed on your |
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| 20 | system. See below for instructions on how to install MPW. |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | 1.) Download the file Singular-<x-y-z>-<target>-MPW.sea.hqx. |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | 2.) Expand the downloaded file using a standard Expander (like Compact |
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| 25 | Pro or StuffIt) to obtain the corresponding self-extracting |
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| 26 | Singular-<x-y-z>-<target>-MPW.sea file. |
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| 27 | |
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| 28 | 3.) Click on the self-extracting Singular-<x-y-z>-<target>-MPW.sea file. This |
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| 29 | will create a new folder named "Singular" which contains the |
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| 30 | Singular program in the subfolder "<x-y-z>". |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | 4.) Clicking on the Singular icon in the desktop, starts up the MPW shell |
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| 33 | (the working direktory of the MPW shell is then the directory of the |
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| 34 | executable). To start Singular, you need to type in 'Singular' in |
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| 35 | the MPW worksheet. |
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| 36 | If you start the MPW shell manually, you must set the working |
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| 37 | direktory to the directory of the Singular program. |
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| 38 | |
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| 39 | The directory where you extract the Singular archive is expected |
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| 40 | to be the common prefix for installed software, and Singular-specific |
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| 41 | subdirectories of it will be created. The directories are arranged |
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| 42 | in such a way that multiple versions of Singular can peaceably coexist |
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| 43 | under the same root. |
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| 44 | |
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| 45 | After unpacking, you will have a directory structure like: |
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| 46 | |
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| 47 | ./Singular/<x-y-z>/Singular Singular executable |
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| 48 | ./Singular/<x-y-z>/libparse parser for Singular libraries |
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| 49 | ./Singular/LIB/<x-y-z>/ Singular libraries |
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| 50 | ./Singular/LIB/gftables/ Singular gftables |
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| 51 | ./Singular/doc/<x-y-z>/ documentation (ps, dvi, info) |
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| 52 | ./Singular/html/<x-y-z>/ documentation (html) |
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| 53 | ./Singular/README information of the distribution |
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| 54 | ./Singular/COPYING licence information |
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| 55 | ./Singular/README.general general Singular info |
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| 56 | ./Singular/INSTALL this file |
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| 57 | |
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| 58 | |
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| 59 | For the executable to work, the directory layout must look like this. |
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| 60 | In particular, you should not move or copy the Singular executables to |
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| 61 | another place. |
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| 62 | |
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| 63 | TO INSTALL MPW |
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| 64 | ============== |
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| 65 | A minimal version of MPW is downloadable from Apple at |
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| 66 | ftp://dev.apple.com//devworld/Tool_Chest/Core_Mac_OS_Tools/MPW_etc./MPW-GM/MPW/ . |
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| 67 | You only need the file containing the MPW shell (i.e., 'MPW_Shell.sit.hqx'). |
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| 68 | |
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| 69 | However, if you wish to start Singular from within the MPW shell you |
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| 70 | furthermore need the file 'Tools/GetFileName.sit.hqx'. |
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| 71 | |
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| 72 | In cases where the StdCLib is not found (systems before 7.6) you can |
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| 73 | download it from http://developer.apple.com/dev/tools/mpw-tools/ . Put the |
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| 74 | contained system extension StdCLibInit in the system extension folder. |
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| 75 | |
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| 76 | TROUBLES |
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| 77 | ========= |
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| 78 | Please send mail to |
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| 79 | singular@mathematik.uni-kl.de |
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| 80 | and include the header which is displayed by starting up Singular |
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| 81 | with the '-v' option. |
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| 82 | |
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| 83 | |
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| 84 | More information about Singular: Comments, Questions, Bug Reports |
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| 85 | ================================================================= |
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| 86 | |
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| 87 | More and up-to-date information about Singular is always available |
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| 88 | from http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~zca/Singular . |
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| 89 | We very much welcome any comments, questions, and bug reports. Please |
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| 90 | contact us at |
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| 91 | singular@mathematik.uni-kl.de . |
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| 92 | singular@mathematik.uni-kl.de |
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| 93 | |
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| 94 | GOOD LUCK and ENJOY! Your Singular team. |
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