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| 2 | Distribution version 3.62 of WIMS |
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| 3 | (WWW Interactive Multipurpose Server) |
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| 6 | Please be aware that WIMS is a sophisticated software, not a simple set of |
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| 7 | web pages. You have to compile and install it if you want to run it locally |
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| 8 | on your computer. |
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| 10 | WIMS is copyrighted under the GNU General Public License (GPL). See the file |
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| 11 | COPYING for licensing conditions. |
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| 13 | This software is reported to work on several Linux distributions, including |
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| 14 | Red Hat, Debian, and LinuxPPC. It is also reported to work on Mac OS-X and |
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| 15 | should work on any modern Unix-like system after minimal porting efforts. |
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| 17 | A self-installable CD-ROM (GNU/Linux+WIMS) is available for institutional |
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| 18 | servers, from: |
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| 19 | http://www.librairie-archimede.net/fiches/domaine/MATHEMATIQUES/type/logiciel/ARCH999.html |
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| 21 | Otherwise, you may compile the system on your machine. Here are the steps: |
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| 23 | 1. Create a user, say `wims', with home directory, say, /var/wims. |
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| 25 | 2. Login as wims, and copy the tar file wims-3.62.tgz into /var/wims. |
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| 26 | This tarball now contains the base system as well as a selection (bestof) |
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| 27 | of modules. |
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| 29 | 3. Decompress and untar the .tgz file. |
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| 31 | 4. Compile the server: cd to /var/wims, type './compile' and follow |
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| 32 | instructions (try non-interactive setup first). |
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| 34 | 5. Get and install support software : |
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| 35 | 5.1. pari2.?? (http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/). The most |
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| 36 | recent version is recommended. (100% importance) |
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| 37 | 5.2. Maxima 5.4 or up (http://www.gnu.org/software/maxima/). ( 80% importance) |
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| 38 | 5.3. Yacas 1.0.52 or up (http://yacas.sourceforge.net/). ( 20% importance) |
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| 39 | 5.4. GAP 4 or up (http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~gap). ( 10% importance) |
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| 40 | 5.5. GNU Octave (http://www.octave.org/). ( 5% importance) |
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| 41 | Pari and Maxima are indispensable. Omitting one of the others will simply |
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| 42 | prevent your server from running some of the exercises / activities. |
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| 44 | If your system is PC-Linux (any distribution), you can instead simply |
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| 45 | download the package wims-chroot-i386-*.tgz, and decompress it under |
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| 46 | /var/wims. This gives you all the above packages (and more) without |
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| 47 | the need of compiling them, as well as a much enhanced security level. |
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| 49 | 6. You may run WIMS single-user by executing the script /var/wims/localwims |
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| 50 | The default browser used is mozilla, call 'localwims another_browser' |
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| 51 | if you would prefer something else. |
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| 53 | You should see your favorite browser pop up and display the WIMS home page, |
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| 54 | including a link allowing you to do online site maintenance. Click on it |
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| 55 | and follow instructions there to configure and check your installation. |
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| 57 | In particular, modules must be selected and installed from that online |
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| 58 | maintenance page. |
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| 60 | 7. If you want to use Apache httpd with WIMS, |
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| 61 | su to root, and run the script /var/wims/bin/apache-config. In this case, |
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| 62 | wims can be accessed from the address |
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| 64 | http://localhost/wims/ or |
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| 65 | http://localhost/wims/wims.cgi |
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| 67 | Good luck, and enjoy! |
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| 69 | If you run into difficulties: send a mail to the WIMS mailing list |
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| 70 | (http://www.listes.cri74.org/wws/info/wims). |
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| 72 | Home site of wims: http://wims.unice.fr/ |
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