**************************************** INSTALLATION NOTES FOR THE xAct PACKAGES **************************************** The xAct packages are currently: Main: xCore, xPerm, xTensor and xCoba Applications: xPert, Harmonics, Invar and Spinors Contributed: xPrint, SymManipulator, AVF, xTras, TexAct, xPand, xTerior and SpinFrames All packages can be downloaded as a single archive xAct_V.tgz (linux or mac) or xAct_V.zip (windows) from the webpage http://www.xact.es/ The V in xAct_V represents the current version number of xTensor, the leading package of the system. Note that the database of Riemann relations in Invar must be downloaded separately! When uncompressed, the archive files give a number of files hanging from a directory called xAct/. This directory must be placed at (or linked from) one of the places Mathematica prepares for external applications. You can find the actual paths in your Mathematica installation in the variables $BaseDirectory and $UserBaseDirectory. You need the Applications/ subdirectory (or subfolder) of those returned by those variables. Linux: - system-wide installation (requires root priviledges): /usr/share/Mathematica/Applications/ - single-user installation: $HOME/.Mathematica/Applications/ Mac OS: - system-wide installation (requires root priviledges): /Library/Mathematica/Applications/ - single-user installation: /Users//Library/Mathematica/Applications/ MSWindows: - system-wide installation: C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\\AddOns\Applications\ - single-user installation: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Mathematica\Applications\ Beware that in Windows these directories might be hidden! To install xAct on a Raspberry Pi, do the following: Place the xAct tree in ~/.WolframEngine/Applications Run the following commands: cd ~/.WolframEngine/Applications/xAct/xPerm/mathlink/ sudo apt-get install uuid-dev mcc xperm.tm -luuid -O3 -o xperm.linux.32-bit Documentation files (like xTensorDoc.nb, etc) are placed in the xAct/Documentation/English directory. Then the packages can be loaded using unix style <