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@@ -5,16 +5,44 @@ WHAT DO YOU NEED ? ================== - Coq is designed to work on computers equipped with the Unix operating - system. In order to compile Coq V8.1 you need: + Coq is designed to work on computers equipped with a POSIX (Unix or + a clone) operating system. It also works under Microsoft Windows + (see INSTALL.win); for a precompiled MacOS X package, see + INSTALL.macosx. + + Coq is known to be actively used under GNU/Linux (i386, amd64 and + ppc) and FreeBSD. Automated tests are run under many, many + different architectures under GNU/Linux. + + Naturally, Coq will run faster on an architecture where OCaml can + compile to native code, rather than only bytecode. At time of + writing, that is IA32, PowerPC, AMD64, Alpha, Sparc, Mips, IA64, + HPPA and StrongArm. See + http://caml.inria.fr/ocaml/portability.en.html for details. + + + Your OS may already contain Coq under the form of a precompiled + package or ready-to-compile port. In this case, and if the supplied + version suits you, follow the usual procedure for your OS to + install it. E.g.: + + - Debian GNU/Linux (or Debian GNU/k*BSD or ...): + + aptitude install coq + + - Gentoo GNU/Linux: emerge sci-mathematics/coq + + + Should you need or prefer to compile Coq V8.1 yourself, you need: - Objective Caml version 3.07 or later (available at http://caml.inria.fr/) - Until now, it has mainly been tested on Sun workstations running Solaris, - DEC alpha and Pentium workstations running Linux. By FTP, Coq comes - as a single compressed tar-file. You have probably already - decompressed it if you are reading this document. + - a C compiler + + + By FTP, Coq comes as a single compressed tar-file. You have + probably already decompressed it if you are reading this document. QUICK INSTALLATION PROCEDURE. @@ -133,7 +161,7 @@ INSTALLATION PROCEDURE FOR ADVANCED USERS. ========================================== If you wish to write tactics (and that really means that you belong - to advanced users !) you *must* keep the Coq sources, without cleaning + to advanced users!) you *must* keep the Coq sources, without cleaning them. Therefore, to avoid a duplication of binaries and library, it is not necessary to do the installation step (6- above). You just have to tell it at configuration step (4- above) with the @@ -184,9 +212,11 @@ THE AVAILABLE COMMANDS. command "Require". A detailed description of these commands and of their options is given - in the Reference Manual (which you can get by FTP, in the doc/ directory) + in the Reference Manual (which you can get by FTP, in the doc/ + directory, or read online on http://coq.inria.fr/doc/) and in the corresponding manual pages. + There is also a tutorial and a FAQ; see http://coq.inria.fr/doc1-eng.html COMMON PROBLEMS. ================ |