Getting started

Installation

Yacas is available for a variety of platforms. See http://www.yacas.org/getting_started/downloads/ for binary packages and installation instructions.

Installation from sources

Getting sources

Version 1.5.0 can be downloaded from https://github.com/grzegorzmazur/yacas/archive/v1.5.0.zip or https://github.com/grzegorzmazur/yacas/archive/v1.5.0.tar.gz, while the current development version is accessible from https://github.com/grzegorzmazur/yacas/archive/develop.zip.

Compilation

MacOS X

  • Open Terminal window

  • Change directory to the yacas source directory

  • Execute

    mkdir build
    cd build
    cmake -G Xcode ..
    
  • Open generated project in Xcode

Microsoft Windows

  • Open Command Prompt window

  • Change directory to the yacas source directory

  • Execute

    mkdir build
    cd build
    cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" ..
    
  • Open generated project in Visual Studio

Linux

  • Open Terminal window

  • Change directory to the yacas source directory

  • Execute

    mkdir build
    cd build
    cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_DOCS=On ..
    make
    
  • To install newly built binaries execute make install

Java

  • Open Terminal or Command Prompt window
  • Change directory to the yacas source directory
  • Execute ant jar