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@node Installation and Platform Specifics
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* Installation and Platform Specifics::
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@node Installation and Platform Specifics, Index, SINGULAR libraries, Top
@chapter Installation and Platform Specifics
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* News and changes::
* Singular 3 and Singular 4::
* Download instructions::
* Unix installation instructions::
* Windows installation instructions::
* Macintosh installation instructions::
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@node News and changes, Singular 3 and Singular 4,,Release Notes
@section News and changes
@cindex news
@cindex changes

@include NEWS.texi

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@node Singular 3 and Singular 4, Download instructions,News and changes,Release Notes
@section Singular 3 and Singular 4
@cindex Singular 3 and Singular 4

@include changes_in_singular4.texi

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@node Download instructions, Unix installation instructions, Singular 3 and Singular 4, Release Notes
@section Download instructions
@cindex downloading
@cindex instructions, downloading
@cindex howto, download

@sc{Singular} is available as binary program for most common hard-
and software platforms.
Instructions to download and install @sc{Singular} can be found
at
@display
@uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de/download.html}.
@end display

Release versions of @sc{Singular} are also available
from our FTP site
@display
@uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/}.
@end display

@include README_download.texi

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@node Unix installation instructions, Windows installation instructions, Download instructions, Release Notes
@section Unix installation instructions
@cindex Unix installation
@cindex instructions, Unix installation
@cindex howto, install on Unix

@include INSTALL_unix.texi

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@node Windows installation instructions, Macintosh installation instructions, Unix installation instructions, Release Notes
@section Windows installation instructions
@cindex Windows installation
@cindex instructions, Windows installation
@cindex howto, install on Windows

@include INSTALL_win.texi

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@node Macintosh installation instructions,,Windows installation instructions, Release Notes
@section Macintosh installation instructions
@cindex Macintosh installation
@cindex instructions, Macintosh installation
@cindex howto, install on Macintosh

@strong{Installation of the provided binaries}

Do not use the Finder for the installation!

(The expert might wish to read the INSTALL_unix.html file in the UNIX
directory for alternatives).

Installation via fink

Fink is a well-known package format for Mac OS X.
(see http://fink.sf.net)

There are two packages: singular-doc and singular.

If you have fink installed, choose one of the two possibilities:

@itemize
@item
   type in a shell:
     @code{fink selfupdate}
     @*@code{fink install singular singular-doc}

@item
using the Fink Commander:

   @itemize
   @item
   Start your Fink Commander
   @item
   After updating the package list,
   there should appear "singular" and "singular-doc" as packages
   @item
   Install it from sources (Fink will do that for you automatically.)
   @end itemize

@end itemize