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9.1 Unix operating system.
Please complete the following steps to install the program under
the UNIX operating system. You can install the program in any location
you desire, but you must have write permission for your desired
destination directories.
For the beta or demo versions we recommend that you run the program
directly from the CDROM or from a copy of the CDROM contents
Note that the documentation supplied with a beta release may not
be up to date.
The program is supplied on A single CDROM, and can be run directly from
the CD.
To run the program from the CD, change directory to the bin directory
of the CD and type ef.
Note that some disks contain versions of the software for several operating
systems. In this case you need to move to the CDROM directory
"os"/bin where "os" is the name of the operating
system you are using.
To install the program follow the steps below:
- Mount CD.
Mount the CD rom and change directory to its contents.
- Install program.
Type
./setup to run the installation script.
- Selecting a destination.
The setup program starts a simple Tk (graphical) installation script,
which takes care of the installation details.
You will need to enter the desired destination directories for the
executable, libraries, and documentation respectively.
You will need write permission for each of these locations.
When you have selected the destination, simply hit the Do install button.
- Try it out.
To start the program, exit the installation directory and type ef,
if there are no problems you should soon see the ef user interface
window.
Note that you must have the directory of (ef) in your shell search path.
There is currently no way to automatically install the program from the
command line. If you need to do this, please call us for instructions.
By default most of the libraries that ef uses are installed in
the ef/lib directory.
If you already have some of these libraries installed on your
system (eg libtk.so and libstdc++.so), you may wish to remove
(or rename) the ef versions. This will save disk space and
computer memory when the program is running. We
cannot guarantee correct function of the program when using
different versions of these libraries.
Note that you may not freely re-distribute a program containing our code
or object modules without express written permission from Laplacian Optics
Inc.
Laplacian Optics Inc. Email: laplace@laplacian.com