The following instructions explain how to install the computer algebra system Singular on common Linux distributions. The prefered method is an automatic installation from the Singular repository. For a manual installation the Singular packages can be downloaded directly.

All Singular packages available through this page were created from the original archives that can be found on the Singular server.

Singular repository

The following installation instructions require:

• internet connection: it may be necessary in your network to declare an http proxy using the command export http_proxy=http://proxy:port.
• superuser privileges: depending on your distribution this can be achieved either by running su or by preceding each of the following commands by the sudo command.

Debian based systems (such as Ubuntu Linux)

Run the following commands and answer positively to all questions:

• wget -q http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/%7emschulze/repo/RPM-GPG-KEY-Singular -O- | sudo apt-key add -
  
• wget http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/%7emschulze/repo/DEBS/Singular-release.deb
  
• dpkg -i Singular-release.deb
  
• apt-get update
  
• apt-get install singular-icons singular-help

To remove Singular from your computer run the command:

• apt-get remove singular-release

Red Hat based systems (such as Fedora Linux)

Run the following commands and answer positively to all questions:

• wget http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/%7emschulze/repo/RPMS/Singular-release.rpm
  
• rpm -Uvh Singular-release.rpm
  
• yum install Singular-icons Singular-help

To remove Singular from your computer run the command:

• yum remove Singular-release

Red Hat based systems with APT package manager

Run the following commands and answer positively to all questions:

• rpm --import http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/%7emschulze/repo/RPM-GPG-KEY-Singular
  
• wget http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/%7emschulze/repo/RPMS/Singular-release.rpm
  
• rpm -Uvh Singular-release.rpm
  
• apt-get update Singular
  
• apt-get install Singular-icons Singular-help

To remove Singular from your computer run the command:

• apt-get remove Singular-release

Singular packages

Debian packages

The following Singular deb packages are available:

0. Singular-release_3.1.0-1_all.deb - Singular release files and package configuration
1. 1. Singular-core_3.1.0-1_i386.deb - Singular executables (ix86 processor, dynamically linked)
   2. Singular-core-static_3.1.0-1_i386.deb - Singular executables (ix86 processor, statically linked)
   3. Singular-core_3.1.0-1_amd64.deb - Singular executables (amd64 processor, dynamically linked)
   4. Singular-core-static_3.1.0-1_amd64.deb - Singular executables (amd64 processor, statically linked)
2. Singular-libs_3.1.0-1_all.deb - Singular libraries
3. Singular-help_3.1.0-1_all.deb - Singular documentation and examples
4. Singular-icons_3.1.0-1_all.deb - Singular desktop icons

A Singular installation requires packages 0, 1a (for ix86 processor) or 1c (for amd64 processor) and 2, optionally 3 and 4. If the installation fails, you may try to use 1b (for ix86 processor) or 1d (for amd64 processor) instead.

Red Hat packages

The following Singular rpm packages are available:

0. Singular-release-3.1.0-1.noarch.rpm - Singular release files and package configuration
1. 1. Singular-core-3.1.0-1.i386.rpm - Singular executables (ix86 processor, dynamically linked)
   2. Singular-core-static-3.1.0-1.i386.rpm - Singular executables (ix86 processor, statically linked)
   3. Singular-core-3.1.0-1.x86_64.rpm - Singular executables (x86_64 processor, dynamically linked)
   4. Singular-core-static-3.1.0-1.x86_64.rpm - Singular executables (x86_64 processor, statically linked)
2. Singular-libs-3.1.0-1.noarch.rpm - Singular libraries
3. Singular-help-3.1.0-1.noarch.rpm - Singular documentation and examples
4. Singular-icons-3.1.0-1.noarch.rpm - Singular desktop icons

A Singular installation requires packages 0, 1a (for ix86 processor) or 1c (for x86_64 processor), and 2, optionally 3 and 4. If the installation fails, you may try to use 1b (for ix86 processor) or 1d (for x86_64 processor) instead.