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E.2 Downloading instructions
SINGULAR is available as binary program for most common hard-
and software platforms. Release versions of SINGULAR can be
downloaded with ftp from our FTP site
or, using your favourite WWW browser, from
Development version can be downloaded from
To download SINGULAR for a Unix platform
Make sure that you have approximately 12MByte of free disk space and follow
these steps.
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You need to download two (archive) files:
Singular-2-0-2-share.tar.gz
- contains architecture independent data like documentation and libraries
ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/Singular-2-0-2-share.tar.gz
Singular-2-0-2-<uname>.tar.gz
- contains architecture dependent executables, like the SINGULAR
program.
<uname> is a description of the processor and operating
system for which SINGULAR is compiled. Choose one of the following:
Please contact us if
you can not find an appropriate architecture dependent archive.
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Simply change to the directory in which you wish to install
SINGULAR (usually wherever you install 3rd-party software):
SINGULAR specific subdirectories will be created in such a way
that multiple versions and multiple architecture dependent files
of SINGULAR can peaceably coexist under the same /usr/local/
tree.
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Unpack the archives:
| gzip -dc Singular-2-0-2-<uname>.tar.gz | tar -pxf -
gzip -dc Singular-2-0-2-share.tar.gz | tar -pxf -
| If you have downloaded Singular-2-0-2-share.zip ,
unpack with
| unzip -u Singular-2-0-2-share.zip
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After unpacking, see the created file
Singular/2-0-2/INSTALL (which is also located at
ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/INSTALL_unix.html
for details on how to finish the installation.
To download SINGULAR for Windows 95/98/NT/2K
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Download one of the following self-extracting archives:
Singular-2-0-2-Compact.exe
- Minimal archive to download. Installs Singular and minimal set of needed
tools/DLLs.
Singular-2-0-2-Typical.exe
- Typical archive to download. Installs Singular and the XEmacs editor to
run ESingular.
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Double-click (or, execute), the self-extracting archives, and
carefully follow the instructions given there.
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In case of problems, see the created file
etc/INSTALL.txt (which is also located at
ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/INSTALL_win.html
for details on how to finish the installation.
To download SINGULAR for the Macintosh
For the SINGULAR version for Mac OS X refer to the Unix section.
The SINGULAR version for Mac OS 9 is available as
ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/Singular-2-0-0-html.sea.hqx (documentation) and ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/Singular-2-0-0-ppc-MPW.sea.hqxi (binaries and libraries).
The file ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/INSTALL_mac.html
gives details on how to finish the installation.
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