                             The Basic package

This is the README file for the GAP package ``Basic''.

This package can be used to construct the basic algebra associated
with the group algebras of many finite groups.  This package uses
external binaries which has only been tested on  Linux systems. The "atlasrep"
package version 1.3 is required by this package and is available at  
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~gap/.

The ``Basic'' package is bundled in two ways.

First, the .zoo archive: `basicpkg.zoo'. 
This archive is unpacked by either the command

  unzoo -x basicpkg.zoo
or
  zoo -extract basicpkg.zoo

Second, the .tar.gz archive: `basicpkag.tar.gz'.
This archive is unpacked by the command

  tar -xvzf basicpkg.tar.gz

When either archive is unpacked in the `pkg'
subdirectory a directory `basic' will have been created.

To complete the installation of the  ``Basic''  package  go  to  the
directory `basic' created (the directory contains  a  copy  of  this
README file) and call

  /bin/sh ./configure <path>

where <path> is a path to the main GAP root directory. If you installed
package in a local directory, <path> needs to be the full path to the
main GAP root directory.

If you are installing this package in the standard pkg
directory, you could call 

  /bin/sh ./configure ../..

Then call

  make install 
  
to compile and install the binaries.

If you installed this package in a local directory, you will need to start GAP
using the -l option for it to find the package. The path you give for the
local directory needs to be the full path. For example, if you installed the
package in the directory /home/foo/somethingelse/mygap/pkg, then starting GAP
with the command

gap -l ";/home/foo/somethingelse/mygap/"

will ensure that GAP will be able to find this package.

If you installed GAP on several architectures, you  must  execute  the
configure/make steps for  the  ``Basic''  package  on  each  of  the
architectures  immediately  after  configuring  GAP  itself  on   this
architecture.

  Tom Hoffman --- 20 May, 2008
