CoCoA version 4.2

Hosted by: Alexander Perlis (aprl@math.arizona.edu)
Installation date: 09 Oct 2002
System homepage: http://cocoa.dima.unige.it/
Leeching instructions:

• First follow the general instructions. Then, in your ~/bin directory, do:
  • ln -s /u1/aprl/public_packages/cocoa-4.2/CoCoA CoCoA
  • ln -s /u1/aprl/public_packages/cocoa-4.2/XCoCoA XCoCoA
• Send an email to Alex informing him that you are leeching Macaulay2. That way, if Alex decides to leave Arizona or clear up some space, he may remember to think of you and give you a heads-up. He'll also know that he can call you a leech at tea time.

Running: use CoCoA. There is also XCoCoA but we don't have Qt installed. That could be fixed, so anyone in need of that could complain.

KASH / KANT 2.2:

Hosted by: Chris Rasmussen (chras@math.arizona.edu)
Installation date: 14 Nov 2002
System homepage: http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~kant/
Leeching instructions:

• First follow the general instructions. Then, in your ~/bin directory, do:
  • ln -s /u1/chras/public_packages/KASH_2.2/kash kash
• In your .bashrc, add the line:
  • declare -x KASH=/u1/chras/public_packages/KASH_2.2/lib
• Completely log out (not just out of X) and log back in for the above change to take effect.
• Send an email to Chris thanking him profusely for being a host and informing him that you are leeching KASH. That way, if Chris decides to leave Tucson or clear up some space, he may remember to think of you and give you a heads-up. He'll also know that he can call you a leech at tea time.

Running: use the kash command.

Macaulay 2 version 0.9.2:

Hosted by: Chris Rasmussen (chras@math.arizona.edu)
Installation date: 08 Oct 2002
System homepage: http://www.math.uiuc.edu/Macaulay2/
Leeching instructions:

• First follow the general instructions. Then, in your ~/bin directory, do:
  • ln -s /u1/chras/public_packages/Macaulay2-0.9.2/bin/M2 M2
  • ln -s /u1/chras/public_packages/Macaulay2-0.9.2/bin/M2-help M2-help
• Send an email to Chris thanking him profusely for being a host and informing him that you are leeching Macaulay2. That way, if Chris decides to leave Tucson or clear up some space, he may remember to think of you and give you a heads-up. He'll also know that he can call you a leech at tea time.

Running: use the M2 command
Local online documentation: run M2-help, or follow this link.

MeatAxe version 2.4:

Hosted by: Tom Hoffman (hoffmant@math.arizona.edu)
Installation date: 10 Oct 2002 (reinstalled 11 Sep 2003)
System homepage: http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/LDFM/homes/MTX/
Documentation homepage: http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/LDFM/homes/MTX/htmldoc/node1.html
Leeching instructions:

• This one is slightly different from the others. Since there are so many binaries, the easiest thing to do is to add ~hoffmant/public_packages/2.4/bin/ to your PATH. (How to modify your PATH is explained on this page.)
• Send an email to Tom thanking him profusely for being a host and informing him that you are leeching the MeatAxe. That way, if Tom decides to leave Tucson or clear up some space, he may remember to think of you and give you a heads-up. He'll also know that he can call you a leech at tea time.
• Message from Tom:
  This is a collection of programs which at the most basic level are for linear algebra over finite fields. Anyone interested in using it should feel free to contact me. Some of the programs in this package were developed by me, so any problems should be reported to me and I will forward them on to the appropriate person.

Neuron 5.2 / InterView 1.4:

Hosted by: Robert Lakatos (rlakatos@math.arizona.edu)
Installation date: 29 Oct 2002
System homepage: http://www.neuron.yale.edu/
Leeching instructions:

• First follow the general instructions. Then, in your ~/bin directory, do:
  • ln -s /u1/rlakatos/public_packages/nrn-5.2/i686/bin/nrngui nrngui
  • ln -s /u1/rlakatos/public_packages/nrn-5.2/i686/bin/neurondemo neurondemo
• Send an email to Robert thanking him profusely for being a host and informing him that you are leeching Neuron. That way, if Robert decides to move to the Himalayas to become a zen buddhist, or decides merely to clear up some space, he may remember to think of you and give you a heads-up. He'll also know that he can call you a leech at tea time.

Running: try neurondemo, then ultimately use the nrngui command.

GP/PARI version 2.2.4.alpha:

Hosted by: Chris Rasmussen
Installation date: 25 Oct 2002
System homepage: http://www.parigp-home.de/
Leeching instructions:

• First follow the general instructions. Then, in your ~/bin directory, do:
  • ln -s /u1/chras/public_packages/pari-2.2.4.alpha/bin/gp gp
  • ln -s /u1/chras/public_packages/pari-2.2.4.alpha/bin/gphelp gphelp
• Send an email to Chris thanking him profusely for being a host and informing him that you are leeching GP/PARI. That way, if Chris decides to move to Antartica or clear up some space, he may remember to think of you and give you a heads-up. He'll also know that he can call you a leech at tea.

Running: use the gp command.
User manual: use the gphelp command.
Additional local documentation: look in the directory /u1/chras/public_packages/pari-2.2.4.alpha/lib/pari/doc.

Singular version 2.0.3:

Hosted by: Chris Rasmussen (chras@math.arizona.edu) Installation date: 07 Oct 2002
System homepage: http://www.singular.uni-kl.de/
Leeching instructions:

• First follow the general instructions. Then, in your ~/bin directory, do:
  • ln -s /u1/chras/public_packages/Singular/2-0-3/ix86-Linux/Singular Singular
  • ln -s /u1/chras/public_packages/Singular/2-0-3/ix86-Linux/ESingular ESingular
  • ln -s /u1/chras/public_packages/Singular/2-0-3/ix86-Linux/TSingular TSingular
• Send an email to Chris thanking him profusely for being a host and informing him that you are leeching Singular. That way, if Chris decides to move to Antartica or clear up some space, he may remember to think of you and give you a heads-up. He'll also know that he can call you a leech at tea.

Running: use the Singular command, or ESingular for some kind of Emacs support
Local online documentation: none?