[GAP Forum] Installing GAP via rsync - problems...

[Frank Lübeck]

On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 01:57:46PM +0800, Gordon Royle wrote:

> I just decided to upgrade GAP 4r3 to GAP 4r4 and thought that I would 
> try the new "rsync" mechanism for Linux computers.

Dear GAP Forum,

Gordan Royle reported some problem with installing GAP via the
   http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de:8001/RsyncLinuxGAP
distribution. 

It turned out that the installation script did not overwrite his existing
start script for a former GAP installation. Therefore he could not find out
how to start up the new version.

I have now improved the start script to catch this case with a sensible
message to the installing user. 

This distribution provides a completely installed GAP including all current
packages and allows easy and efficient updating (but it is for Linux only!).

It is already sufficiently popular such that I will maintain it further and
no longer mark it as 'experimental'.

With best regards

  Frank Luebeck

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