GiNaC
is packaged by a couple of software distributors, so you may want to try a
conveniently packaged binary first (but please don't send us bug-reports
about these packages since they may be outdated). We are currently aware of
packages in
Debian (status),
SuSE,
Mandrake,
Fedora, and
FreeBSD. If you are stuck with Windows,
Alexei "varg" Sheplyakov provides ready
Windows builds.
There is also the
Knoppix/Math project which includes
GiNaC
and lots of other interesting software.
Before manually installing
GiNaC
you should have downloaded the library CLN
and installed it on your system.
GiNaC
is worthless without that library. You can get it from the official
site ftp://ftpthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/pub/gnu/ or
maybe even bundled with your favorite software distribution (e.g. Debian).
After that you may give it a try. There are three different ways to download GiNaC to suit everyones gusto:
- FTP: Go to
ftp://ftpthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/pub/GiNaC/,
where all previous releases are archived as well.
Download the newest version and untar it with
tar xjf ginac-version.tar.bz2.
- HTTP: If you have problems using anonymous FTP, you may try
this link for
HTTP access. (If your browser wants to display the file, edit your MIME
types or press the right mouse button in Netscape.)
- Git: We use git to manage our
source code and you may directly pull from our official git repository.
You may check out unreleased "bleeding edge" code (that may not
even compile) from http://www.ginac.de/ginac.git or git://www.ginac.de/ginac.git.
There, you'll see a number of branches. We create branches for minor versions
(like the ginac_1-4
branch) off from the master branch at the point of first release (e.g. with the release of GiNaC 1.4.0.)
After that, we keep the library's binary interface stable on the branch and
for all subsequent patch releases (GiNaC 1.4.1, 1.4.2, etc.) while applying
more intrusive patches to the master
branch, only. This way, all releases with the same minor number (e.g. all
1.4.x releases) are binary compatible.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions. Good luck!
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