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<div class="ContSect"><span class="tocline"><span class="nocss"> </span><a href="chap4.html#X81746D7285808409">4.1 <span class="Heading">Installing this package</span></a>
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<h3>4 <span class="Heading">Installation</span></h3>

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<h4>4.1 <span class="Heading">Installing this package</span></h4>

<p>The <strong class="pkg">Polenta</strong> package is part of the standard distribution of <strong class="pkg">GAP</strong> and so normally there should be no need to install it separately. If by any chance it is not part of your <strong class="pkg">GAP</strong> distribution, then the standard method is to unpack the package into the <code class="code">pkg</code> directory of your <strong class="pkg">GAP</strong> distribution. This will create a <code class="code">polenta</code> subdirectory. For other non-standard options please see Chapter <a href="../../../doc/ref/chap76_mj.html#X82473E4B8756C6CD"><span class="RefLink">Reference: Installing a GAP Package</span></a> of the <strong class="pkg">GAP</strong> Reference Manual.</p>

<p>Note that the GAP-Packages <strong class="pkg">Alnuth</strong> and <strong class="pkg">Polycyclic</strong> are needed for this package. Normally they should be contained in your distribution. If not, they can be obtained at <span class="URL"><a href="https://www.gap-system.org/Packages/packages.html">https://www.gap-system.org/Packages/packages.html</a></span>.</p>

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<h4>4.2 <span class="Heading">Loading the <strong class="pkg">Polenta</strong> package</span></h4>

<p>If the <strong class="pkg">Polenta</strong> package is not already loaded then you have to request it explicitly. This can be done via the <code class="func">LoadPackage</code> (<a href="../../../doc/ref/chap76_mj.html#X79B373A77B29D1F5"><span class="RefLink">Reference: LoadPackage</span></a>) command.</p>

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<h4>4.3 <span class="Heading">Running the test suite</span></h4>

<p>Once the package is installed, it is possible to check the correct installation by running the test suite of the package.</p>


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    gap> ReadPackage( "Polenta", "tst/testall.g" );
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<p>If the test suite runs into an error, even though the packages Polycyclic and Alnuth and their depdendencies have been correctly installed, then please send a message to <code class="code">mhorn@rptu.de</code> including the error message.</p>


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