Thanks for your reply, and Bill’s addendum. The only problem with that set up that I can foresee is that one of the users is a package developer and constantly wants to tinker with, update and then re-load the latest version of the package.
Is there a mechanism that allows each individual to have local versions of the packages but a common core? Or do we just go for most users having the common version and those with additional needs running a completely separate installation? > On 17 Oct 2017, at 4:02 pm, Christopher Jefferson <ca...@st-andrews.ac.uk> > wrote: > > Here is what I do: > > 1) Untar the gap installation to a directory like /usr/local/lib/gap4r8 > > 2) Build GAP and all packages in this directory (GAP and it’s packages does > not like being moved), exactly as normal. > > 3) Either symlink, or copy, bin/gap.sh into a directory in the user’s path > like /usr/local/bin > > GAP should then run happily for any user who runs it. > > The only problems arise if you want to try to separate different parts of GAP > into different directories, which it currently doesn’t support well. > > Chris > > > >> On Oct 17, 2017, at 1:21 AM, Gordon Royle <gordon.ro...@uwa.edu.au> wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I want to install the latest GAP on a Linux (RHEL) machine in such a way >> that it is accessible to multiple users. (I have root permissions on that >> machine.) >> >> I cannot seem to find instructions for this particular variant of the >> installation process - the kinds of things I need to know are >> >> - do I create a GAP directory in the shared areas (i.e. >> /usr/local/lib/gap4r8 or similar) >> - do I install all the packages in this shared area, or does each user >> maintain their own package >> - would it be easier to just ask all users to install GAP for themselves >> (well, this would obviously be easier for me!) >> >> (The link on the main installation page that claims to be installation >> documentation actually downloads a file called INSTALL.dms which I cannot >> open ) >> >> Thanks >> >> Gordon >> _______________________________________________ >> Forum mailing list >> Forum@mail.gap-system.org >> http://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum > _______________________________________________ Forum mailing list Forum@mail.gap-system.org http://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum
