[GAP Forum] Multi-user Installation on Linux

[Gordon Royle]

Hi

I want to install the latest GAP on a Linux (RHEL) machine in such a way that it is accessible to multiple users. (I have root permissions on that machine.)

I cannot seem to find instructions for this particular variant of the installation process - the kinds of things I need to know are

- do I create a GAP directory in the shared areas (i.e. /usr/local/lib/gap4r8 or similar)
- do I install all the packages in this shared area, or does each user maintain their own package
- would it be easier to just ask all users to install GAP for themselves (well, this would obviously be easier for me!)

(The link on the main installation page that claims to be installation documentation actually downloads a file called INSTALL.dms which I cannot open )

Thanks

Gordon