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Install Singular 4-x-x on a Microsoft Windows Platform

1) install cygwin ( https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe) with default settings, additional,

at "Select Packages" choose wget.

2) in the cygwin terminal:

wget ftp://jim.mathematik.uni-kl.de/repo/cygwin/64/build.tar
tar xf build.tar; bash build_cygwin

Now Singular can be started within the cygwin terminal as Singular.

 

Important Note: If you want to make use of the Singular command surfer, you will additionally have to download and install surfer-setup.exe, and make sure that the newly installed surfer.exe is included in the Windows environment variable Path.

All versions of Singular and all setup routines are powered by Cygwin and their setup program.

Alternative Install of Singular 4-x-x on a Microsoft Windows Platform

1.) Get Ubuntu "bash" in cmd Install "Linux subsystem for Windows" with ubuntu

Follow instructions: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install_guide

2.) Open Ubuntu bash. Hit Start then type "bash", or open command prompt and type "bash".

3.) Install the Ubuntu version of Singular through bash. Type "apt install singular"