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