
                      Mathomatic Installation Instructions
                      ------------------------------------

The requirements for easy installation from this source code are: the GNU
make utility and the GNU C compiler (gcc). Other C compilers may be used, but
may require small changes to the makefile and source files. You will need to
open a shell window to compile, install, and run Mathomatic.

On a Debian or Ubuntu Linux computer, the "build-essential" and readline
development packages "libreadline-dev" are required to compile Mathomatic
with readline functionality. To open a shell window in desktop Linux, launch
Applications/Accessories/Terminal.

To skip these compilation instructions and install an older version of
Mathomatic, already compiled and ready to run under Debian or Ubuntu, type:

	sudo apt-get install mathomatic mathomatic-primes

at the shell prompt, then type your password if prompted for it. You can then
run Mathomatic by typing "mathomatic". This is possible because Mathomatic is
an official Debian package. It is also an official Fedora package. To install
Mathomatic in Fedora Linux, type:

	sudo yum install mathomatic

To install Mathomatic in Gentoo Linux, type:

	sudo emerge mathomatic

The Mathomatic code is portable, self-testing, and easily compiles and
installs using the GNU utilities under Linux, Unix, SunOS, Mac OS X, and
Microsoft Windows. Both the source code and compiled, ready to run, binary
packages may be available from your operating system's package manager or
from the Mathomatic website: http://www.mathomatic.org/math/download.html


                     Typical compilation and installation
                     ------------------------------------

Root (super-user) authority is needed to install Mathomatic, because write
permission is needed to copy files into the directories in "/usr/local".
Mathomatic need not be installed to run the compiled executable.

A typical compile/install is done by typing the following at the shell
prompt, while in the Mathomatic source code directory:

	make READLINE=1
	make test
	sudo make install

That will compile the source code with readline enabled, test the
functionality of the generated executable (named "mathomatic"), and install
the executable, docs, and tests in "/usr/local" in less than a minute. After
that, typing "man mathomatic" should bring up the man page, and typing
"mathomatic" should run Mathomatic. If Mathomatic doesn't run, check that the
PATH environment variable includes "/usr/local/bin" with the shell command
"echo $PATH".

To install in "/usr" instead of "/usr/local", type:

	sudo make prefix=/usr install

sudo asks you for your password; if it doesn't work, login as root or type:

	su -c "make install"

and enter the root password to install as the super-user.


                                m4 Mathomatic
                                -------------

To install everything, including m4 Mathomatic, which allows easy entry of
math functions like sqrt(x) and sin(x) as macros, use "make m4install" or
"make m4install-degrees" instead of "make install". "make m4install-degrees"
sets degree mode instead of radian mode for trig functions.


                              Prime Number Tools
                              ------------------

To compile, test, and install the Mathomatic Prime Number Tools:

	cd primes
	make
	make test
	sudo make install


                                  Uninstall
                                  ---------

To undo the installation, removing Mathomatic from the local computer, type:

	sudo make uninstall

These instructions were written by George Gesslein II of www.mathomatic.org
