[GAP Forum] Using GAP online

[Dima Pasechnik]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 02:47:42PM +0530, Gaurav Dhingra wrote:
> Is there any way i can use GAP online? I know that i can use Sage
> online (for using GAP functionality).
you most probably refer to cloud.sagemath.com, right?

> But is there any way i can use GAP alone?
in a cloud.sagemath.com project, you can open a terminal
and run GAP at the shell prompt.
i.e. just type 'gap' at the '$' prompt and hit 'Enter'. Upon opening a terminal, you
will see something like the following:
(and then I started GAP there, as you see below)

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                Welcome to the SageMathCloud Terminal Environment                 │
│                                                                                  │
│ Software: sage, R, ipython, gap, gp, git, latexmk, isympy, java, julia, octave,  │
│ vim, emacs, nano, gcc, clang, pdflatex, xetex, node, convert, mc, htop, atop, ...│
│                                                        ┌─────────────────────────┤
│ Anaconda Python environment:  anaconda3                │ Usage: type command in  │
│    ... and to exit Anaconda:  exit-anaconda            │ then hit the return key │
│                                                        └─────────────────────────┤
│ Learn about the Linux Bash terminal:    http://ryanstutorials.net/linuxtutorial/ │
│ Are there any problems or is something missing?    email us at help at sagemath.com │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
 
~$
~$ gap
 ┌───────┐   GAP, Version 4.7.8 of 09-Jun-2015 (free software, GPL)
 │  GAP  │   http://www.gap-system.org
 └───────┘   Architecture: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc-default64
 Libs used:  gmp, readline
 Loading the library and packages ...
 Components: trans 1.0, prim 2.1, small* 1.0, id* 1.0
 Packages:   Alnuth 3.0.0, AtlasRep 1.5.0, AutPGrp 1.6, CTblLib 1.2.2, FactInt 1.5.3, GAPDoc 1.5.1, LAGUNA 3.7.0, Polycyclic 2.11, TomLib 1.2.5
 Try '?help' for help. See also  '?copyright' and  '?authors'

Apart from the packages listed, there is a dozen other GAP packages that are installed, such as
GRAPE, which you could load using LoadPackage

HTH
Dima

> 
> Thanks
> Gaurav Dhingra
> 
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