[GAP Forum] GAP on Linux via rsync

[Frank Lübeck]

Dear Forum, 

This is an announcement for users who use GAP on Linux machines, and
(may want to) use the binary distribution available at: 

(*)      http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de:8001/RsyncLinuxGAP/

Starting with GAP 4.4.10-which is announced today-this distribution is
extended to provide both, 32-bit and 64-bit executables for PCs with
a Linux operating system. Of course, the 64-bit GAP can only be used on 
newer machines with a 64-bit version of Linux. This includes installations
of all packages, as far as possible.

The webpage (*) contains some hints about when it is sensible to use 
the 64-bit version (see close to the bottom).

New users of this distribution just choose a path for the installation and
issue two commands as explained on the webpage (*). Afterwards upgrades 
are by one simple command. 

To previous users of the distribution I suggest to upgrade their 'gapsync'
script  to be able to use the new features. One easy way to do this
is to follow the instructions of the initial installation: Just tell
the newly downloaded 'gapsync' the same two paths as in the initial
installation. When you are asked if existing scripts should be deleted
answer 'y' and start the download. Thats it.

Comments are welcome.

Have fun and success using GAP, best regards,

    Frank Lübeck

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