XPLOR-NIH Installaion [ a sample set of command instruction is shown in square brackets ] -obtain a copy of the platform independent -db distribution file in addition to one or more platform specific binary file. -unpack these files wherever you plan on installing xplor. [ % cd /opt % gzcat xplor-nih-VERSION-IRIX64_6.5.tar.gz |tar xf - % gzcat xplor-nih-VERSION-Linux_2.2_i686.tar.gz |tar xf - % gzcat xplor-nih-VERSION-db.tar.gz |tar xf - ] -generate the xplor command and helper commands. [ % cd xplor-nih-VERSION % ./configure ] To get the xplor and other command scripts into your path you can either add the xplor-nih-VERSION/bin directory to your path, or you can run configure with an optional -symlinks argument. [ ./configure -symlinks DIR ] where DIR is a directory which is in your $PATH (such as $HOME/bin or /usr/local/bin). Note that you will need write privileges to DIR. NOTE: the configure script checks for dependencies and SSL libraries on the computer on which it is run, and then generates helper programs in the bin subdirectory. If Xplor-NIH is run on in a different environment (e.g. a different computer), the configuration may be incorrect. -you can also test the distribution by running the testDist script. [ % bin/testDist ] -if you have a version of your OS newer than that listed in the binary name, you can probably run the older version by adding a line to arch/equivList. For instance, if you have Darwin 6.7, add the line: Darwin_6.6 Darwin_6.7