Changeset 494c23 in git for doc/INSTALL_osx.texi

Timestamp:

Apr 23, 2002, 3:28:46 PM (22 years ago)

Author:

Eric Westenberger <westenb@…>

Branches:

(u'spielwiese', 'fe61d9c35bf7c61f2b6cbf1b56e25e2f08d536cc')

Children:

6d08477fa1c3807bdc7d315f6464a539d42bdaca

Parents:

b6b982dd25c5d613093a98689285a6de75420566

Message:

*westenb: Removed ESingular parts and minor changes


git-svn-id: file:///usr/local/Singular/svn/trunk@6071 2c84dea3-7e68-4137-9b89-c4e89433aadc

File:

• doc/INSTALL_osx.texi (modified) (13 diffs)

doc/INSTALL_osx.texi

@@ -1 +1 @@
 @comment -*-texinfo-*-
-@comment $Id: INSTALL_osx.texi,v 1.2 2002-04-23 12:27:26 mschulze Exp $
+@comment $Id: INSTALL_osx.texi,v 1.3 2002-04-23 13:28:46 westenb Exp $
 @c FILE: INSTALL_unix.texi
-@c PURPOSE: Installation instruction for Singular on  Unix
+@c PURPOSE: Installation instruction for Singular on MacOS X
 @c
 
@@ -10 +10 @@
 
 @ifclear singularmanual
-@majorheading Unix installation instructions for @sc{Singular} version @value{VERSION}
+@majorheading MacOS X installation instructions for @sc{Singular} version @value{VERSION}
 @end ifclear
 
@@ -21 +21 @@
 @end ifset
 
-To install @sc{Singular} on a
+To install @sc{Singular} on
 @ifset UNAME
 @value{_UNAME}
 @end ifset
 @ifclear UNAME
-Unix
-@end ifclear
-platform, you need the following two
+MacOS X
+@end ifclear
+, you need the following two
 archives:
 @table @code
@@ -60 +60 @@
 @item
 Simply change to the directory in which you wish to install
-@sc{Singular} (usually wherever you install 3rd-party software):
+@sc{Singular} (usually wherever you install 3rd-party software), for example:
 @smallexample
 cd /usr/local
-@end smallexample
-
+or
+mkdir install;cd install 
+(you do not need root privileges in this case)
+@end smallexample
 @sc{Singular} specific subdirectories will be created in such a way
 that multiple versions and multiple architecture dependent files
@@ -70 +72 @@
 tree.
 
-
 @item
 Unpack the archives:
 @smallexample
-gzip -dc Singular-@value{VERSION}-@value{_UNAME}.tar.gz | tar -pxf -
-gzip -dc Singular-@value{VERSION}-share.tar.gz | tar -pxf -
+gzip -dc <path_to>/Singular-@value{VERSION}-@value{_UNAME}.tar.gz | tar -pxf -
+gzip -dc <path_to>/Singular-@value{VERSION}-share.tar.gz | tar -pxf -
 @end smallexample
 @c version 2-0-x does not have *-share.zip:
@@ -83 +84 @@
 @c unzip -u Singular-@value{VERSION}-share.zip
 @c @end smallexample
-
-This creates the following
+This creates the the directory Singular/@value{VERSION} with 
 @multitable @columnfractions .36 .64
 @item (sub)directories
 @tab  which contain
-@item @code{Singular/@value{VERSION}/@value{_UNAME}}
-@tab @code{Singular} and @code{ESingular} programs
-@item @code{Singular/@value{VERSION}/LIB}
+@item @code{@value{_UNAME}}
+@tab @code{Singular} executetable
+@item @code{LIB}
 @tab @sc{Singular} libraries (@code{*.lib} files)
-@item @code{Singular/@value{VERSION}/emacs}
+@item @code{emacs}
 @tab files for the @sc{Singular} Emacs user interface
-@item @code{Singular/@value{VERSION}/info}
+@item @code{info}
 @tab info files of @sc{Singular} manual
-@item @code{Singular/@value{VERSION}/html}
+@item @code{html}
 @tab html files of @sc{Singular} manual
-@item @code{Singular/@value{VERSION}/doc}
+@item @code{doc}
 @tab miscellaneous documentation files
-@item @code{Singular/@value{VERSION}/examples}
+@item @code{examples}
 @tab @sc{Singular} examples (@code{*.sing} files)
 @end multitable
@@ -125 +125 @@
 @smallexample
 ln -s `pwd`/Singular/@value{VERSION}/@value{_UNAME}/Singular  /usr/local/bin/Singular-@value{VERSION}
-ln -s `pwd`/Singular/@value{VERSION}/@value{_UNAME}/ESingular  /usr/local/bin/ESingular-@value{VERSION}
 ln -s /usr/local/bin/Singular-@value{VERSION} /usr/local/bin/Singular
-ln -s /usr/local/bin/ESingular-@value{VERSION} /usr/local/bin/ESingular
-@end smallexample
-
-Otherwise, append the directory
+@end smallexample
+        Otherwise, append the directory
 @code{`pwd`/Singular/@value{VERSION}/@value{_UNAME}/} to your @code{$PATH}
 environment variable. For the @code{csh} (or, @code{tcsh}) shell do:
@@ -140 +137 @@
 export PATH=`pwd`/Singular/@value{VERSION}/@value{_UNAME}/:$PATH
 @end smallexample
-
 You also might want to adjust your personal start-up files
 (@code{~/.cshrc} for @code{csh}, @code{~/.tcshrc} for @code{tcsh}, or
@@ -156 +152 @@
 @multitable @columnfractions .5 .5
 @item @strong{Feature} @tab @strong{Requires}
-@item running @code{ESingular}, or @code{Singular} within Emacs
-@tab @uref{http://www.fsf.org/software/emacs/emacs.html,,Emacs} version
-20 or higher, or, @uref{http://www.xemacs.org,,Xemacs} version 20 or
-higher
 
 @item on-line @code{html} help
@@ -169 +161 @@
 @tab shared @uref{ftp://ftp.de.uu.net/pub/gnu/readline/,,readline}
 library, i.e. @code{/usr/lib/libreadline.so}
-@item visualization of curves and surfaces
-@tab
-@uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-mainz.de/AlgebraischeGeometrie/surf/surf.shtml,,surf}
-version 0.9 or higher (only available for Linux and Solaris).
 @end multitable
-
 You may download most of these programs from
 @display
@@ -225 +212 @@
 @sc{Singular} manual can be  accessed from stand-alone texinfo
 browser programs such as @code{info} or @code{Emacs}.
+(It is not necessary for the use of the help system from within @code{Singular}.)
 @end itemize
 
@@ -233 +221 @@
 @enumerate
 @item
-Make sure that you have read and/or excute permission the files and
+Make sure that you have read and/or execute permission the files and
 directories of the Singular distribution. If in doubt, @code{cd} to the
 directory where you unpacked @sc{Singular}, and do (as root, if
 necessary):
 @smallexample
-chmod +rX Singular
-@end smallexample
-
+chmod -R a+rX Singular
+@end smallexample
 @item
 Start up @sc{Singular}, and issue the command @code{system("Singular");}.
@@ -266 +253 @@
 @code{system("--version");}.
 
-@item Under SuSE-Linux, @sc{ESingular} does not display a prompt:
-@cindex SuSE, ESingular bug
-@cindex ESingular, no prompt
-@cindex bug, ESingular
-This is due to the very restrictive access rights of @code{/dev/pty*} of
-the standard @uref{http:/www.suse.de,SuSE} distribution (starting from
-version 6.3 on). As root, do one of the following: Either
-@example
-chmod 666 /dev/pty*
-@end example
-or,
-@example
-chmod g+s $(which emacs)
-chgrp tty $(which emacs)
-chmod g+s $(which xemacs)
-chgrp tty $(which xemacs)
-@end example
-See also @uref{http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/de/html/ke_devpts-63.html} for
-details.
-
-@item For @code{HPUX} systems:
-@*The /etc/termcap files which are pre-installed on these systems are
-broken which leads to messages like
-@example
-Name collision between 9826 9836
-@end example
-when @sc{Singular} is started. To fix this, you can get fixed termcap
-files from @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/utils}
-by downloading the files termcap-<uname-description> and either
-replace your /etc/termcap file by the file found there, or view, and
-redo the respective changes by @code{diff}'ing the downloaded and the
-original file.
-
-@item For @code{ix86-Linux} systems:
-@*Due to some incompatibilities of shared libraries, the start-up of
-@sc{Singular} might fail with messages like
-@example
-  Can not find shared library ...
-@end example
-To fix this, download and install
-@code{Singular-@value{VERSION}-ix86-Linux-static.tar.gz}.
-
-@item For @code{AIX} systems:
-@*The default @code{info} program of the system is not GNU's texinfo
-browser which is used to display the on-line documentation in the
-@code{info} format. Therefore, the distribution of the AIX executable
-already contains the @code{info} browser program.
-If you remove this program, make sure that the GNU
-@code{info} program is executed if you call '@code{info}' from your shell.
-
 @item For any other troubles:
 @*Please send an email to @email{singular@@mathematik.uni-kl.de}