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Tools needed to install GAP from sourceInstalling the GAP distribution with all the packages and full data libraries from source code (as opposed to via e.g. the Windows binary installer for GAP) requires a working C and C++ development environment on your system as well as GNU make. You will also need the GMP library; most, but not all standard development environments include this. Furthermore, if the GNU readline library is detected on your system at compile time, it will be used for command line editing. On macOS, you need to install the Apple developer tools. If you are on
macOS 10.11 or newer, this can be achieved by opening a terminal window
and entering the command Since Windows binaries for GAP and some packages are contained in the GAP installer for Windows, you do not need to install any additional tools for Windows. However, if you want to try to build binaries for more packages, you may install Cygwin to get a UNIX environment for Windows, selecting all needed tools during Cygwin installation. To install development tools on a Linux system, use your preferred package manager (e.g. apt-get or aptitude or Synaptic etc.). For example, on Ubuntu or Debian we suggest that you call
before calling To get maximum benefit from GAP and from various packages it may be useful to install a number of other free software libraries (and their associated development tools) although they are not required for basic operation. For example,
Other packages not listed here may have additional requirements listed in their documentation. |