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Windows

From the GAP Downloads page, download the .exe installer and double click on the file to run it. When you will be asked for the installation path, note that it should not contain spaces. For example, you may install GAP in C:\gap4r8 (default), D:\gap4r8p4 or C:\Math\GAP\gap4r8, but you must not install it in a directory named like C:\Program files\gap4r8 or C:\Users\alice\My Documents\gap4r8 etc.

OS X

On OS X, you need to install GAP from source as explained at the GAP Downloads page. Download one of the archives provided there, unpack it and run ./configure; make in the unpacked directory. Then change to the pkg subdirectory and call ../bin/BuildPackages.sh to run the script which will build most of the packages that require compilation (provided sufficiently many libraries, headers and tools are available).

Alternatively, you may also install GAP using Homebrew. After installing Homebrew, open the Terminal and call brew install homebrew/science/gap --with-packages. Please be patient - this may take a while. If Homebrew is already installed on your Mac, you may have to call brew update first.

Linux

On Linux, you need to install GAP from source as explained at the GAP Downloads page. Download one of the archives provided there, unpack it and run ./configure; make in the unpacked directory. Then change to the pkg subdirectory and call ../bin/BuildPackages.sh to run the script which will build most of the packages that require compilation (provided sufficiently many libraries, headers and tools are available).