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Perpetual Beta

In order to let users benefit from recent changes: we introduce the perpetual beta. It does not have the quality of an actual release, since there are still some bug-fixes or features missing, which are planned for the next release. BUT still perpetual beta versions are stable and tested. So if you want to try some of the new features or want to benefit from the new bug-fixes, the perpetual beta is the right thing for you. Keep in mind that this is no release and some strange things may occur if you use many different polymake versions.

You need a svn client to use the perpetual beta. Create a directory where you want to download the perpetual beta source code (for example: mkdir polymake-perpetual-beta) and change into that directory. Now you can use the following command to checkout the latest version:

svn checkout --username "guest" --password "" http://polymake.mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de/svn/polymake/snapshots/latest .

Observe that the dot at the end is part of the command. To apply later updates change into the directory and just use the command: svn up.

Check the instructions on how to build polymake (Linux, Mac).

It might happen that you get some strange errors, when combining the perpetual beta version with other versions. You could try to delete the folder ~/.polymake/wrappers. If this doesn't work you can try and delete all your private polymake settings by removing the ~/.polymake folder.

You can checkout older Perpetual Beta versions via

svn checkout --username "guest" --password "" http://polymake.mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de/svn/polymake/snapshots/YYYYMMDD .

where “YYYYMMDD” is the timestamp of the snapshot. The following svn versions are available:

TimestampChanges
20130507 (latest) addresses the linker issue mentioned in the forum in this and this post
20130415 new object OrbitPolytope
functions for analyzing core points
20130307 functions related to Wronski systems
(due to some technical difficulties please update via svn up if you downloaded this version prior to 18th of march)
20130214 fixes Ticket #526: sonames of shared libs
20130125 first Perpetual Beta version
application 'ideal' added
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