E.2 Downloading instructions
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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
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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 <ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/WINDOWS/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 <ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/WINDOWS/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
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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.




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