GAP Manual: 55. Getting and Installing GAP

GAP runs on a large number of different operating systems. It behaves slightly different on each of those. This chapter describes the behaviour of GAP, the installation, and the options on some of those operating systems.

Currently it contains sections for UNIX (see GAP for UNIX), which runs on an ever increasing number of machines, for MS-DOS (see GAP for MS-DOS), which is one operating system on IBM PC compatibles, and TOS (see GAP for TOS), which is the operating system on Atari ST.

We hope to provide ports of GAP to DEC VAX or AXP systems under VMS and the Apple Macintosh under MPW soon. For other systems the section Porting GAP gives hints how to approach such a port.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• 55.1. Getting GAP
• 55.2. Upgrading GAP
• 55.3. GAP for UNIX
• 55.4. Installation of GAP for UNIX
• 55.5. Features of GAP for UNIX
• 55.6. GAP for MS-DOS
• 55.7. Copyright of GAP for MS-DOS
• 55.8. Installation of GAP for MS-DOS
• 55.9. Features of GAP for MS-DOS
• 55.10. GAP for TOS
• 55.11. Copyright of GAP for TOS
• 55.12. Installation of GAP for TOS
• 55.13. Features of GAP for TOS
• 55.14. Porting GAP