How do I get and install BERNINA?

You can download BERNINA by anonymous ftp from the CAFÉ server at ftp-sop.inria.fr in cafe/software/bernina, or from the URL:

http://www.inria.fr/cafe/Manuel.Bronstein/sumit/bernina.html.

You must get both the platform-independent bernina.tar.gz file and the executable(s) corresponding to the desired operating system and processor type. After downloading the above files, issue tar -xvzf bernina.tar.gz, which will create the following subdirectories:

• bernina/share/doc: this user guide,
• bernina/share/maple: the BERNINA-MAPLE interface,
• bernina/share/samples: some sample BERNINA input files.

You can then unzip and move the executable(s) anywhere. Note that if you intend to use BERNINA from within MAPLE, then you will need to add the location of the BERNINA executable to your path, and the bernina/share/maple directory to the MAPLE library path, for example with the statement libname := `.../bernina/share/maple`, libname:` in your .mapleinit file. Alternatively, you may move or copy the executable and bernina/share/maple/bernina.m files to places on your path and MAPLE library path respectively. Although BERNINA is free, we appreciate if you send an e-mail to sumit@sophia.inria.fr notifying us that you downloaded and installed it. Also report any bugs or problems to that address.