All about SARA
This page contains links and information that relates to the SARA software. Please note that when the BNC XML edition is released. (2006), it will be delivered with a copy of the newer Xaira software instead of SARA. information about Xaira can be found on the Xaira page. Information about how to use SARA or Xaira with the BNC is available on our Using the BNC with SARA/Xaira page.
An HTML version of the draft SARA Technical Manual for release 930 is also available.
Software status
- Windows 32 bit systems
- The most recent full release was that of 16 April 2001; updated on 20 June 2002: download it here
- Unix systems
- We distribute source archives only: choose one of the following
- For Solaris and other big-endian 32 bit systems... download archive
- For Linux on Wintel and other small-endian 32 bit systems... download archive
- For Digital Unix and other 64 bit systems...download archive
- Previous version
- The version distributed on the BNC World CD-ROMs has a small number of bugs which prevent it being used in environments other than Linux or Windows unless the fixes described in the Reported Problems page have been applied.
Tutorials
- SARA reference manual (extracted from the BNC Handbook)
- Getting started with SARA98
- Installing SARA on a UNIX server
- Formatting SARA Hitlists
- Indexing your own corpus
Problems
If you are having problems installing the corpus or the software, take a look at the Reported problems page which lists problems (and fixes) reported by users of the BNC World Edition since distribution began in February 2001.
If you are having problems accessing the corpus, you may find the solution on the Common Problems page.
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