Download AiM
AiM runs under Windows andLinux. Support of OS X is still unstable. A prerequisite is that you have a copy of Maple running. All other components are free software.
You can download version3.0 of AiM from SourceForgeor from this server as a .zip file (1.28MB) or as a .tar.gz file(1.16MB). Then follow the installation instructions.
Should you encounter any difficulties with the installation of AiM, please visit the Using AiM forum where you may already find a resolution or else post a descriptionof the problem.
We also recommend that at this point you create an account on this site.You will then be able to receive news of new releases and new features. This is a very low-volume mailing list, with many weeks between new announcements. If you would like to stay in closer touch with the developments, you should in addition sign up to the Using AiM forum.
If you want tobe able togetthe latest development version of AiM then you can:
Use CVS to directly access the source archive
The CVS archive contains the very latest development code, and can not be guaranteed to be stable. It can be an extremely convenient way of maintaining a server, however, and is quite safe if you do your updates right after major releases when the tree is stable. Developers may have selective write access to theAiM CVS archive using their Sourceforge account (see the CVS documentation for details about this). However, most people only need read-only access, so they can just connect anonymously as follows:
From a Unix computer
To connect and login for the first time to the CVS server, you can use this command:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@aim.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/aimmath login
There is no password - when asked for one, just hit Enter.
To checkout (download) the entireAiM code for the first time, use this command:
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@aim.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/aimmath co AIM
Later, to update your local copy ofAiM to the current version in CVS you just need to go into your localAiM directory and type:
cvs update -dP
From a Windows computer
To get started with a fresh copy of AiM, follow the following steps:
- Get TortoiseCVS from tortoisecvs.org and install it, then reboot.
- Find or create a new folder somewhere where you wantAiM to be downloaded to.
- Right-mouse-click that folder and choose "CVS Checkout" from the menu. You should see a dialog box.
- Copy this text into the CVSROOT field: :pserver:anonymous@aim.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/aimmath
- Press the button: "Fetch list...".
- To the right of the button you'll see a list of modules: choose "AIM" from that list.
- Press the button: "OK" and everything should be downloaded.
Later, to update your local copy ofAiM to the current version in CVS, just right-mouse-click the folder and choose "CVS Update". Note that the enclosing moodle folder is self-contained - you can move it anywhere you like or even rename it.
Adapted from the corresponding instructions on moodle.org