How to use NCGB under Windows on the PC OLD VERSION - THE NEW ONE IS ON THE NCALGEBRA WEB PAGE (Ap7 2000) click download and look on the download page. ( For NCGB on UNIX click here )

If possible, download the file NC.zip toTO C:\
(Use the option "Save File" in Netscape) , BUT on some NT machines you may not have access to c:\ (e.g. UCSD math dept)

In this case download NC.zip to e:\ (like here at the math dept)

Click on the item c:\NC.zip (or e:\NC.zip) to uncompress it and create a directory c:\NC (or e:\NC)

You can use Aladdin extractor or winzip or whatever zip program you have.
If clicking doesn't work, you need to load one of the zip programs listed and then unzip it from the program.
If using winzip you will have to select "Extract" and type "e:\NC" when asked where to extract the files to.

Possibly edit the file SetNCDir.m. (this is for the path to be right)

If you have extracted NC.zip to C:\NC and there exists a file c:\NC\SetNCDir.m you will not have to edit any SetNCDir.m.
If you put the file NC.zip somewhere besides c:\ (say e:\) you will have to edit the file e:\NC\SetNCDir.m.

Use notepad to edit the line

$NCDir$ = "C:/NC/";

$NCDir$ = "E:/NC/";

Save the file, SetNCDir.m
Quit the notepad.

Possibly edit the file C:\NC\NCGB\MmaSource\NCGBPlatformSpecific.m (this is for the latex stuff)

If you have already installed latex.exe and yap.exe on your PC it is quite possible that they are at

c:\texmf\miktex\bin\latex.exe

c:\texmf\miktex\bin\yap.exe

If this is true you will not have to edit NCGBPlatformSpecific.m

If you do not have these programs you can get them free of charge at

http://www.snafu.de/~cschenk/miktex/

Some distributions by default install latex.exe and yap.exe at

C:\latex\miktex\bin\latex.exe

C:\latex\miktex\bin\yap.exe

\NC\NCGB\MmaSource\NCGBPlatformSpecific.m

Use notepad to edit the lines

latexCommand = "c:\\texmf\\miktex\\bin\\latex.exe";
dviCommand = "c:\\texmf\\miktex\\bin\\yap.Exe";

latexCommand = "c:\\latex\\miktex\\bin\\latex.exe";
dviCommand = "c:\\latex\\miktex\\bin\\yap.Exe";

Save the file, NCGBPlatformSpecific.m
Quit the notepad.

You have finished your specific installation

To run NCGB double click on the file "c:\NC\work\GoNCGB" to open Mathematica

Change the path to SetNCDir.m inside GoNCGB.m (if necessary).
Evaluate the cells in the mathematica notebook "GoNCGB"
This should perform the NCProcess computations and open a dvi file
Congratulations !
Now to run your stuff, just be sure to include the first 2 lines that are in "GoNCGB"

Miscellaneous remarks

You can get your files from the unix machines by FTP. It is listed as "WS_FTP95 LE" on the Math Dept Intel machines. Be sure to create your own directory on E:\. You probably could also use SAMBA.
Some of the output of this program is available in the associated DOS window. (For example the output of PrintMonomialOrder[]) You might have to click on the toolbar on the bottom of your screen to open up the DOS window for NCGB.exe.
Those familiar with windows will see how to copy the notebook "GoNCGB" somewhere else and start a newNC project. One may wish to put the new *.nb file in a special folder since several auxiliary files will be created.