Install Singular 4-x-x on a Microsoft Windows Platform

Install Singular 4-x-x on a Microsoft Windows Platform

1) install cygwin ( https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe) with default settings,

at "Cygwin setup - Select packages" change "View" to Full and "Search" to wget,

change in the row "wget" the column "New" from "Skip" to some version

and finish the installation

2) in the cygwin terminal:

wget https://www.singular.uni-kl.de/ftp/repo/cygwin/64/build.tar
tar xf build.tar; bash build_cygwin

Now Singular can be started within the cygwin terminal as Singular.

 

Important Note: If you want to make use of the Singular command surfer, you will additionally have to download and install surfer-setup.exe, and make sure that the newly installed surfer.exe is included in the Windows environment variable Path.

Alternative Install of Singular 4-x-x on a Microsoft Windows Platform

1. Get Ubuntu "bash" in cmd. Install "Linux subsystem for Windows" with Ubuntu. Follow the instructions at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install_guide.
2. Open Ubuntu bash. Hit Start then type "bash", or open command prompt and type "bash".
3. Install the Ubuntu version of Singular through bash. Type apt install singular.