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 Binary releases of the compiler and the standard library are provided in the following sections.
-We provide two types of distributable packages, stable releases and bleeding-edge releases (which we call //weeklies//). In both types, we provide a **basic** and a **full** package. In order to function, the basic package needs a system C compiler (GCC or MacOS Clang) and standard library, and pthreads. The full package additionally needs HWLOC and CUDA.
+We provide two types of distributable packages, stable releases and bleeding-edge releases (which we call //weeklies//). In both types, we provide a **basic** and a **full** package.
-//For normal usage, the basic variant is sufficient to try out all of the features of the Single Assignment C language.//
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+  <dt><b>Basic package</b></dt>
+    <dd>&mdash; package excludes special features, like the GPU backend or advanced multi-threading scheduling.</dd>
+    <dd>&mdash; makes use of minimal external dependencies: <em>gcc, libc, uuid-lib</em>.</dd>
+  <dt><b>Full package</b></dt>
+    <dd>&mdash; package includes GPU backend and advanced multi-threading scheduling.</dd>
+    <dd>&mdash; more external dependencies: <em>gcc, libc, uuid-lib, hwloc, cuda<em>*</em></em></dd>
+    <dd>* CUDA must be installed as per the recommended guidelines of the distribution. Our packages are built using <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/nvidia/cuda">docker containers</a> provided by NVIDIA, look there for their installation procedure.</dd>
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+//We use a CI cluster to build these packages using configurations defined in our [[https://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/gitlab/sac-group/build-sac-pkgs|package build repo]].//
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 === Which package should I use? ===
 At the moment, we suggest using one of the //weekly// packages as these include some of the latest features. These packages only differ from our stable release packages in that we do less testing before releasing them.
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+=== Which variant should I use? ===
+For normal usage, the **basic** variant is sufficient to try out all of the features of the Single Assignment C language.
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