= GIAC =

== Description ==

  * Giac is a general purpose Computer algebra system by Bernard Parisse. It consists of:	 
    - a C++ library (libgiac).  
    - a command line interpreter (icas or giac). 
    - the built of the FLTK-based GUI (xcas) has been disabled in the spkg-install file. 
  
  * The english and french documentation will be installed in: 
       $SAGE_LOCAL/share/giac/doc/en/cascmd_en/index.html
       $SAGE_LOCAL/share/giac/doc/fr/cascmd_fr/index.html	
  
  * -Author's website with debian, ubuntu, macosx, windows package:	
    	http://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/~parisse/giac.html
    -The Freebsd port is math/giacxcas

== Licence ==

GPLv3

== SPKG Maintener ==

  * Han Frederic: frederic.han@imj-prg.fr

== Upstream Contact ==
   
  * Bernard Parisse: http://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/~parisse/giac.html
  * Source file (giac-x.y.z.tar.gz) in: http://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/~parisse/giac/

== Dependencies ==
 
  * gettext, readline, gmp 
  * giac will benefits of ntl, pari, mpfr, gsl, lapack but they should be already installed by sage.
  * The Documentation is  pre-built, hevea or latex or ... are not needed to install the package.

== Special Update/Build Instructions ==

  * Add a mkdir for the script_subdirectory of the pexpect giac interface. 
