Singular version <x.y.z>
		     University of Kaiserslautern
     Department of Mathematics        Centre for Computer Algebra
	  Authors: G.-M. Greuel, G. Pfister, H. Schoenemann
		  (C) 1986-1998 All Rights Reserved

	 README FILE FOR THE SINGULAR EXECUTABLE DISTRIBUTION
	 ====================================================

IMPORTANT: 
==========
(1) See the COPYING file contained in this distribution
    for license information for the Singular.
(2) See the README.general file contained in this distribution for general
    information on Singular.
(3) See the INSTALL file contained in this distribution for
    instructions on how to install Singular.


ABOUT THIS DISTRIBUTION
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This distribution contains the following files and subdirectories

  ./<uname description>/bin/Singular-<x.y.z>	Singular executable
  ./<uname description>/bin/Singular            soft link to executable
  ./<uname description>/bin/libparse            parser for Singular libraries
  ./Singular/INSTALL				installation instructions
  ./Singular/COPYING				licence information
  ./Singular/README.general			general Singular info 
  ./Singular/README.bin				this file

where <uname description> is a description of the processor and
operating system for which the Singular executable is compiled (e.g,
ix86-Linux).

Note that this distribution does not contain architecture-independent
data files (like the Singular libraries or documentation files) which 
you need to successfully install Singular.

You can get the architecture-independent data files from
    ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular
by downloading the file
    Singular-<x.y.z>-share.tar.gz
See the INSTALL file contained in this distribution for instructions
on how to install Singular.

More information about Singular: Comments, Questions, Bug Reports
=================================================================

More and up-to-date information about Singular is always available
from 
	   http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~zca/Singular
We very much welcome any comments, questions, and bug reports. Please
contact us at  
		    singular@mathematik.uni-kl.de


GOOD LUCK and ENJOY!                         Your Singular team.