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Glucas source and binaries are available from the download area at sourceforge.net. You also can download older binaries here.
You can either choose to download a prebuilt binary suitable for your OS/system or build your own binary from the source code.
This is the easiest solution, you only have to download, unzip, make a short selftest and move the binary to your preferred directory.
Once you've downloaded the zipped binary file Glucas-version.CPU.OS.tar.gz
you need to uncompress using tar and gzip. On UNIX like systems
tar zxf Glucas-version.CPU.OS.tar.gz
or in two seperate steps
gzip -d Glucas-version.CPU.OS.tar.gz tar xf Glucas-version.CPU.OS.tar
This will create a directory Glucas-version.CPU.OS, containing the
executable Glucas and some short documentation.
It is recommended to run a short selftest (See Selftest.).
cd Glucas-version.CPU.OS ./Glucas -s [small | big | huge | enormous | primenet | all]
If successful you could move Glucas to one of your systems
binary directories (i.e. /usr/local/bin/ or ~/bin/).
mv Glucas /your_Glucas_directory_path
Make sure this directory is in your environments PATH, otherwise you always
have to execute it with the PATH preceded. (i.e. /usr/local/bin/Glucas).
This section is for users who want (or need) to build their own binary from the source code. If you're not skilled in these things, you might find it somewhat difficult. At the moment, it is not easy to build and install for non-UNIX/Linux platforms. It requires editing some files.
Anyway, the usual ./configure and make procedure works for most Processors/OS. This should build a binary tuned for your system. For systems not detected by the configure script, there will be a warning displayed, but in most cases it should nevertheless be possible to use make and build a binary (Though not tuned for your system).