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

ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/,

or, using your favorite WWW browser, from

http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/ftp/pub/Math/Singular/.

To download SINGULAR for a Unix platform

Make sure that you have approximately 20 MByte of free disk space and follow these steps.

1. You need to download two (archive) files:

   Singular-2-0-4-share.tar.gz

   contains architecture independent data like documentation and libraries
   ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/UNIX/Singular-2-0-4-share.tar.gz

   Singular-2-0-4-<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:

   ix86-Linux	PC’s running under Linux with libc version 6 (e.g., for SuSe Linux distribution version >= 6; RedHat Linux distribution version >= 5.2). ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/UNIX/Singular-2-0-4-ix86-Linux.tar.gz
   ix86-Linux-libc5	PC’s running under Linux with libc version 5 (if you are not sure which libc version you have, run ldd /bin/ls). ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/UNIX/Singular-2-0-4-ix86-Linux-libc5.tar.gz
   ix86-freebsd	’s running under FreeBSD ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/UNIX/Singular-2-0-4-ix86-freebsd.tar.gz
   ix86-Win	PC’s running Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP which have Cygwin version 1.3.9 (or higher) already installed. Unless you are familiar with Cygwin, we recommend that you download one of the self-extracting archives as described below.
   HPUX-9	HP workstations running under HPUX version 9 ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/UNIX/Singular-2-0-4-HPUX-9.tar.gz
   HPUX-10	HP workstations running under HPUX version 10 ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/UNIX/Singular-2-0-4-HPUX-10.tar.gz
   SunOS-5	Sun workstations running Solaris version 5 ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/UNIX/Singular-2-0-4-SunOS-5.tar.gz
   IRIX-6	IRIX workstations running IRIX version 6 ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/UNIX/Singular-2-0-4-IRIX-6.tar.gz
   AIX-4	AIX workstations running AIX version 4 ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/UNIX/Singular-2-0-4-AIX-4.tar.gz
   PowerMacintosh-darwin	PowerMacintosh running Mac OS X ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/MAC/OsX/Singular-2-0-4-PowerMacintosh-darwin.tar.gz
   DecAlpha-Linux	Digital Dec Alpha running Linux (RedHat 5.2) ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/UNIX/Singular-2-0-4-DecAlpha-Linux.tar.gz
   DecAlpha-OSF1	Digital Dec Alpha running OSF 1 ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/UNIX/Singular-2-0-4-DecAlpha-OSF1.tar.gz

   Please contact us if you can not find an appropriate architecture dependent archive.

2. Simply change to the directory in which you wish to install SINGULAR (usually wherever you install 3rd-party software):

   cd /usr/local/

   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.

3. Unpack the archives:

   gzip -dc Singular-2-0-4-<uname>.tar.gz | tar -pxf - gzip -dc Singular-2-0-4-share.tar.gz | tar -pxf -

   If you have downloaded Singular-2-0-4-share.zip, unpack with

   unzip -u Singular-2-0-4-share.zip

4. After unpacking, see the created file Singular/2-0-4/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/ME/NT/2K/XP

1. Download one of the following self-extracting archives:

   Singular-2-0-4-Compact.exe

   Minimal archive to download. Installs Singular and minimal set of needed tools and DLLs.

   Singular-2-0-4-Typical.exe

   Typical archive to download. Installs Singular and the XEmacs editor to run ESingular.

2. Double-click (or, execute), the self-extracting archives, and carefully follow the instructions given there.
3. If, while running setup, you obtain the following message Setup failed to launch installation engine: Error loading type library/DLL, then you need to download and execute Microsoft DCOM98 package http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom98/download.asp. Such a problem could appear on Win 95/98.
4. 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/WINDOWS/INSTALL_win.htm 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/MAC/classic/Singular-2-0-2-html.sea.hqx (documentation) and ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/MAC/classic/Singular-2-0-2-ppc-MPW.sea.hqx (binaries and libraries). The file ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/MAC/classic/INSTALL_mac.html gives details on how to finish the installation.