MacOSX

See the file README-Download for installation instructions. When the fink version of Macaulay2 is available (soon), the instructions in README-Fink will apply.

Here are some solutions for some common problems that occur when running under MacOS. If you have any other problems, or these solutions do not work for you, please let us know.

• Under Leopard (MacOS 10.5), downloaded disk image files are "quarantined". Because of this, each time you use viewHelp on a topic (e.g. viewHelp "Ideal") inside Macaulay2, for some reason the system warns you that you are about to open an application (which is not true). The solution: In a Terminal window, in the same folder as your downloaded disk image (e.g. Macaulay2-1.1-x86_64-MacOS-10.5.dmg), run the following command: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine Macaulay2-1.1-x86_64-MacOS-10.5.dmg, and then double click on the disk image, and copy to your disk, etc, as in the readme instructions.

Here are the downloadable disk images.

• Macaulay2-1.1-i386-MacOS-10.4.dmg (12876625 bytes) [2008 February 14 2:54 GMT]
• Macaulay2-1.1-i386-MacOS-10.5.dmg (9436264 bytes) [2008 February 13 4:51 GMT]
• Macaulay2-1.1-powerpc-MacOS-10.4.dmg (13103585 bytes) [2008 February 13 12:23 GMT]
• Macaulay2-1.1-x86_64-MacOS-10.5.dmg (9858753 bytes) [2008 February 13 23:47 GMT]
• README-Download (8723 bytes) [2008 February 13 4:53 GMT]
• README-Fink (5421 bytes) [2008 February 13 4:54 GMT]
• OldVersions/