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By downloading polymake in any form (whether source code or compiled) you agree to be bound by the GPL license agreement, version 2 or (at your option) any later version; further you renounce to claim any kind of warranty or damages related to the use of this software.
Software libraries bundled with polymake are protected by open source licenses adequate to the GPL or broader. However, the exact wording and restrictions to use may vary. Please consult the corresponding COPYING
or README
files included in the external
subdirectory of the distribution.
Support queries concerning installation and usage are welcome (please use our forum), as well as any other feedback, but are served on voluntary base, depending, first of all, on the authors' free time resources.
Online version
A polymake newbie? Installation problems? Just curious?
Try polymake online!
The online version runs as a “shell in a box” in your browser. No installation needed!
Examples of polymake
code are available on the tutorial page. Notice that the online version comes with a few restrictions (including missing visualization) compared to the complete version.
Get latest stable release: 4.3
Stable versions are released on a regular basis and offer the complete functionality of polymake
available at the point of release. You can read about new features in the release notes here.
Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, or other UNIX systems
- Read the Installation instructions
- Download the source tarball
Minimal version
The minimal version is a packager friendly version which omits the bundled sources of cdd
, lrs
, libnormaliz
, nauty
and jReality
.
- Download the minimal source tarball
MacOS
NOTE: There are no binaries for Mac OS 11 (Big Sur) on arm and the installation has not been tested.
Binary Releases
You have two options: Download one of our bundles and just drag it to /Applications, or install via our tap for Homebrew.
Homebrew
If you have installed Homebrew already (or just do it by copying the one line from their page), you can get polymake via our tap.
brew tap apaffenholz/polymake brew install polymake
For MacOS 10.14.6+, 10.15, and 11.1 this downloads a precompiled binary (for 10.14 you must have version 10.14.6 or above, so just update your OS, which you should do anyway). The necessary dependencies don't compile on 10.13 or lower, so we cannot produce binaries or even provide a working formula.
Bundles
There are precompiled bundles for MacOS between 10.11 and 10.15, see below. Install a bundle by dragging the app to /Applications. See here for more information.
You may need to manually unsandbox the bundle (as it is not officially signed by Apple). For this, run
sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/polymake.app/
in a terminal (assuming you installed it to /Applications, otherwise adjust the path).
You can use the bundle also in a Jupyter notebook or in Julia. For more details see here for Jupyter and here for Julia
Source Installation
Read the Installation instructions on how to compile the current version of polymake yourself.
Other releases
We publish stable and tested perpetual beta versions as a way for you to use the newest features before the release.
If for some reason you want to obtain an older version of polymake, check out this page.
Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Ubuntu
We are proud to announce that polymake
is also part of the package library of the Debian, Fedora, Gentoo and Ubuntu distributions and can be installed from their corresponding package managers. Thanks to the maintainers!
- On Debian or Ubuntu, try
sudo apt-get install polymake
- On Fedora, try
sudo dnf install polymake
- On Gentoo, try
su emerge -p polymake emerge polymake
Remark: The callable library version is part of any polymake
source release but might not be included in all versions distributed via packaging systems.
Windows 10 with the Linux Subsystem
The preferred way to install polymake
in Windows 10 systems is under the Linux Subsystem. Both Ubuntu and Debian have polymake
in their repositories. Install Ubuntu under Windows 10, then download the Ubuntu package with
sudo apt-get install polymake
This version may not be up to date. If you need the latest version, install the stable release from sources as explained in the previous section.
Remark: Visualization in the Linux Subsystem does not work out of the box because of several issues. The current workaround is to load this polymake script that adapts the paths and uses a native windows program for opening the resulting file, which requires Windows 10 version 1903. You may load this script automatically at the beginning of every polymake session by adding a line
script("$ENV{HOME}/path/to/wslviewer.pl");
to your personal startup file $HOME/.polymake/init.pl
file. Please be aware that this script is still work in progress and works only for threejs, tikz and svg at the moment.
Docker images
Docker allows to run a pre-built image on Linux, Mac OS, and since recently also Windows. Our images are built every night from the stable master branch and come along with virtually all additional third-party software recommended for computational tasks. Please read the detailed instructions to become aware of known caveats and limitations. Download the starter script and enjoy the latest and greatest stable polymake snapshot instantaneously.
GitHub
The polymake releases and the perpetual beta can also be found on github.