
	  Distribution version 3.28 of WIMS
	  (WWW Interactive Mathematics Server)


Please be aware that WIMS is a sophisticated software, but not simple 
web pages. You have to compile and install it if you want to run it locally
on your computer.

WIMS is copyrighted under GPL (GNU General Public License). 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.
Minor patches might be needed to make it work on other Unix-like systems.

If you install WIMS on Linux with i386 type machine, you can also download
and install the rpm packages (http://wims.unice.fr/download/rpms/). See the file
README-rpm for more details.

Otherwise, you may compile the source on your system. 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-3.28.tgz into /var/wims.

3. Decompress and untar the .tgz file.

4. Get the module archive modules-??-*.tgz (pick the language(s) you like),
   copy it into /var/wims/public_html/modules, and untar the content there.
  
5. Compile the server: cd to /var/wims, type './compile' and follow
   instructions.

6. Get and install support softwares, in particular:
 6.1. pari2.?? (http://www.parigp-home.de/). The most
    recent version is recommended. (100% importance)
 6.2. Maxima 5.4 or up (http://www.gnu.org/software/maxima/). (80% importance)
 6.3. Yacas 1.0.52 or up (http://yacas.sourceforge.net/). (20% importance)
 6.4. MuPAD 1.4.2 (http://www.mupad.de). (20% importance)
 6.5. GAP 4 or up (http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~gap). (10% importance)

7. Setup httpd for permissions and aliases for WIMS. If you are using Apache
   web server, su to root, and run the script /var/wims/bin/apache-config.

8. Now you may test the installation by typing the address

	http://localhost/wims/         or
	http://localhost/wims/wims.cgi
   
   in your favorite browser (from the same host). You should see
   a link allowing you to do online site maintenance. Click on it and
   follow instructions there to configure and check your installation.


Good luck, and enjoy!

If you run into difficulties: contact me at "xiao at unice . fr".

Home site of wims: http://wims.unice.fr/

