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Downloading Icon for Unix

Icon runs on Unix-like systems, including Linux, BSD, and Macintosh. Icon can run within the Cygwin environment on Microsoft Windows.

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Unix Source Code

The Icon source code is maintained as a public Git repository hosted by GitHub. It can be downloaded and built without learning Git: Select the "Download ZIP" pulldown from the green  Code ▼  button.

The last prepackaged release of Icon was version 9.5.1 of June, 2013. It can be downloaded as a 3.1 MB gzipped tar file that can be configured for most Unix platforms including Macintosh and Cygwin.

Source code packages include build instructions and other current documentation.

Executable Unix Binaries

Precompiled binaries from the 2013 release are available for the Unix systems listed below. These binaries are generally built with graphics enabled, so the X Window system must be present on the target platform. Each package includes the translator, interpreter, interface builder, and library procedures. To install Icon from binaries,

  1. Download the correct tar file for your system.
  2. Unpack it to produce an icon-v951 directory.
  3. Follow the installation instructions.

Binary packages are 1.5 MB gzipped tar files. Unpack by gunzip <file.tgz | tar xf –.

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