@comment -*-texinfo-*- @comment $Id: README_download.plural.texi,v 1.4 2009-04-15 10:41:14 seelisch Exp $ @c FILE: README_download.texi @c PURPOSE: download instructions, to be includeded in manual and README_ftp @c @ifclear VERSION @include version.texi @end ifclear @heading To download @sc{Singular::Plural} for a Unix platform Make sure that you have approximately 12MByte of free disk space and follow these steps. @enumerate @item You need to download two (archive) files: @table @code @item SingularPlural-@value{VERSION}-share.tar.gz contains architecture independent data like documentation and libraries (alternatively, you may also download @code{SingularPlural-@value{VERSION}-share.zip}). @item SingularPlural-@value{VERSION}-.tar.gz contains architecture dependent executables, like the @sc{Singular::Plural} program. @end table @code{} is a description of the processor and operating system for which @sc{Singular::Plural} is compiled. Choose one of the following: @multitable @columnfractions .2 .8 @item @code{ix86-Linux} @tab PC's running under Linux with @code{libc} version 6 (e.g., for SuSe Linux distribution version >= 6; RedHat Linux distribution version >= 5.2). @item @code{ix86-Linux-libc5} @tab PC's running under Linux with @code{libc} version 5 (if you are not sure which @code{libc} version you have, run @code{ldd /bin/ls}). @item @code{ix86-Win} @tab PC's running Windows 95/98/NT/2K 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. @item @code{HPUX-9} @tab HP workstations running under HPUX version 9 @item @code{HPUX-10} @tab HP workstations running under HPUX version 10 @item @code{SunOS-5} @tab Sun workstations running Solaris version 5 @item @code{IRIX-6} @tab IRIX workstations running IRIX version 6 @item @code{AIX-4} @tab AIX workstations running AIX version 4 @end multitable Please contact us if you cannot find an appropriate architecture dependent archive. @item Simply change to the directory in which you wish to install @sc{Singular} (usually wherever you install 3rd-party software): @smallexample cd /usr/local/ @end smallexample @sc{Singular::Plural} specific subdirectories will be created in such a way that multiple versions and multiple architecture dependent files of @sc{Singular::Plural} can peaceably coexist under the same @code{/usr/local/} tree. @item Unpack the archives: @smallexample gzip -dc SingularPlural-@value{VERSION}-.tar.gz | tar -pxf - gzip -dc SingularPlural-@value{VERSION}-share.tar.gz | tar -pxf - @end smallexample If you have downloaded @code{SingularPlural-@value{VERSION}-share.zip}, unpack with @smallexample unzip -u SingularPlural-@value{VERSION}-share.zip @end smallexample @item After unpacking, see the created file @code{Plural/@value{VERSION}/INSTALL} (which is also located at @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/non-commutative/Plural/INSTALL_unix.html} for details on how to finish the installation. @end enumerate