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2.1 UNIX binary distributions

We now release both RPM and tar.gz binary distributions of Asymptote. Here are the commands that the root user can use to install the Linux i386 binary distribution of version x.xx of Asymptote for a specific platform ARCH in /usr/local. The executable file will be /usr/local/bin/asy (the optional texhash command installs LaTeX style files):

tar -C / -zxf asymptote-x.xx.ARCH.tar.gz
texhash

Example code will be installed by default in /usr/share/doc/asymptote/examples.

Alternatively, Debian users can install Hubert Chan's Asymptote prebuilt binary from one of the following sites:

http://www.uhoreg.ca/programming/debian/pool/main/a/asymptote

http://packages.debian.org/asymptote

Fedora Core 4 (and later) users can easily install Asymptote from Fedora Extras mirrors:

yum install asymptote