Binaries for Windows

Yabasic runs under any modern version of Windows, from Windows XP to Windows 10. For Windows XP however, you will probably need to download the zipfile, see below; for later versions of Windows, this is how to install:

• Download yabasic-2.90.5-setup.exe and save it
• Double-click on the saved file
• Follow the instructions

The setup-program does the following:

• Make an entry in the start-menu
• Register the extension ".yab"
• Make an entry in the Root-Menu (this is the menu, which appears if you click the right Mousebutton on an empty part of your Desktop)
• Put default-settings into the registry
• Register its uninstall-program
• Write a complete installation-log; if errors happen, you will be offered to view it

To remove yabasic, go to the control-panel and click on the software-icon: You will find an entry for deleting yabasic.

If anything goes wrong please send me a mail: mail@yabasic.de

Zip-file for Windows XP

For Windows XP you may install yabasic from its zip-file:

• Download yabasic-2.90.5.zip.
• Open the zip-file; it contains a folder named 'yabasic-zip'
• Extract the folder yabasic-zip to a suitable location (e.g. to your desktop by drag and drop)
• Within the extracted folder yabasic-zip, double-click on setup.exe to start the installation of yabasic
• Remove the folder yabasic-zip, as it is no longer needed

To remove yabasic, go to the control-panel and click on the software-icon: You will find an entry for deleting yabasic.

Binaries for Linux

This is how to download and install the binary linux-i586-package of yabasic for:

For redhat-based systems (e.g. fedora, redhat, suse, centos) you need the rpm package (see below).
For debian-based systems (e.g. ubuntu, debian) you need the deb package (see below).

• Download yabasic-2.90.5-1.x86_64.rpm or yabasic_2.90.5_amd64.deb.
• Yabasic requires the ncurses libraries to be installed; sudo yum install ncurses or sudo apt-get install ncurses should be enough.
• Type sudo rpm -i yabasic-2.90.5-1.i586.rpm or sudo dpkg -i yabasic_2.90.5_amd64.deb.
• Read the man-page of yabasic: man yabasic.
• Or read the html-Documentation under /usr/local/share/applications/yabasic/yabasic.htm
• Try the demos under /usr/local/share/applications/yabasic/demo.yab

To remove yabasic type sudo rpm -e yabasic or sudo dpkg --remove yabasic.

If you have any problems, please send me a mail: mail@yabasic.de.

Compile the sources for Unix

Compiling yabasic requires a C-Compiler (typically gcc) as well as the libraries and header-files for ncurses and x11 (typically named ncurses, ncurses-devel and xorg-x11-devel). To compile yabasic in your home-directory proceed like this:

• Click here to download yabasic-2.90.5.tar.gz, the tar-file of yabasic.
• Uncompress the tar-file: gunzip yabasic-2.90.5.tar.gz.
• tar xf yabasic-2.90.5.tar, this unpacks the tar-file, giving you a directory named yabasic-2.90.5.
• cd yabasic-2.90.5
• ./runme starts a shell script which builts the executable program. (Alternatively you may type: ./configure && make && make check)
• If you have root privileges, you may type make install to install yabasic in your system.

Yabasic compiles under HPux, Solaris and linux, but chances are high, that users of other mainstream Unixes will have no problems. If anything goes wrong please send me a mail: mail@yabasic.de, including:

• the sort of system you are working on and
• the file runme.log which is written during execution of the script runme

Then I will try to find and fix the problem.

Sources for Windows

If you'd like to get the Windows specific files (including the sources of the installation program), you may checkout the git-repository as described below.

Checking out the git repository

If you would like to modify yabasic for your own needs or add patches to its sources, you should clone its git-repository at github.