| 1 | WELCOME TO THE HOME FTP SITE OF SINGULAR -- A COMPUTER ALGEBRA SYSTEM FOR |
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| 2 | POLYNOMIAL COMPUTATIONS |
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| 3 | |
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| 4 | ANNOUNCING SINGULAR VERSION <x.y.z>: |
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| 5 | ================================== |
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| 6 | Singular <x.y.z> is now available. It is a minor upgrade from Singular |
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| 7 | version 1.2.2 and contains mainly bug fixes. Furthermore, the download |
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| 8 | procedure has changed a bit. |
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| 9 | |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | THIS DIRECTORY CONTAINS: |
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| 12 | ========================= |
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| 13 | Singular-<x.y.z>-share.[tar.gz,zip,sea.hqx] |
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| 14 | -- architecture independent files of Singular distribution |
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| 15 | Singular-<x.y.z>-<uname>.[tar.gz,zip,sea.hqx] |
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| 16 | -- architecture dependent files of Singular distribution |
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| 17 | INSTALL.[unix,win,mac] Detailed downloading and installation instructions |
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| 18 | COPYING License information on Singular |
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| 19 | README.general General information on Singular |
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| 20 | utils/ Directory containing various utilities |
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| 21 | (info, unzip, termcap, dynamic libraries, etc) |
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| 22 | doc/ Directory containing Singular documentation |
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| 23 | Attic/ Directory containing old versions of Singular |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | DOWNLOAD: |
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| 27 | ========= |
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| 28 | (1) Download two files: |
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| 29 | One of `Singular-<x.y.z>-share.[tar.gz,zip,sea.hqx]' |
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| 30 | AND, one of `Singular-<x.y.z>-<uname>.[tar.gz,zip,sea.hqx]' |
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| 31 | where <uname> is a description of your hardware and |
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| 32 | operating system. |
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| 33 | Messages from tar like "Could not create symlink to ..." |
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| 34 | can safely be ignored - they appaer only in the case that you install |
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| 35 | the same version of Singular twice. |
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| 36 | |
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| 37 | (2) Unpack them at the same place and follow the instructions |
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| 38 | contained in the `INSTALL' file of the architecture dependent |
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| 39 | distribution. |
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| 40 | |
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| 41 | (3) In case of any trouble, consult the architecture dependent INSTALL |
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| 42 | file which is also available in this directory as |
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| 43 | INSTALL.[unix,win,mac]. |
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| 44 | |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | LICENSING: |
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| 47 | ========== |
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| 48 | Please see the file COPYING contained in this directory for license |
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| 49 | information on Singular. In particular, notice that we only grant you |
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| 50 | permission to use Singular if you have registered yourself as a |
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| 51 | Singular user by sending an email to <singular@mathematik.uni-kl.de> |
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| 52 | with the subject line (or, mail body) `register'. |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | |
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| 55 | MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SINGULAR: COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, BUG REPORTS |
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| 56 | ================================================================= |
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| 57 | More and up-to-date information about Singular is always available |
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| 58 | from |
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| 59 | http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~zca/Singular |
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| 60 | We very much welcome any comments, questions, and bug reports. Please |
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| 61 | contact us at |
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| 62 | singular@mathematik.uni-kl.de |
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| 63 | |
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| 64 | |
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| 65 | GOOD LUCK and ENJOY! Your Singular team. |
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