XPLOR-NIH Installation

 [ a sample set of command instructions are shown following the %  symbol. ]

Easiest Way

 - download the appropriate installer script (e.g. installer-mac-3.4.sh) from
   https://bit.niddk.nih.gov/xplor-nih/
 - change to the directory where you want Xplor-NIH to be installed,
   and then execute the file:
     % sh ~/Downloads/installer-mac-3.4.sh
   This will download and install two .tar.gz files, and configure the
   executable scripts. 

Manual Installation

 - 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   

 - you can also test the distribution by running the testDist script.
    % bin/testDist 

For Convenience

  To have all Xplor-NIH programs in your path

 - create directory ~/bin and place it in your path
    % mkdir $HOME/bin 
    % export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH #(bash) Place this line in your ~/.bashrc 
    % setenv PATH $HOME/bin:$PATH #(tcsh) Place this line in your ~/.cshrc 

 - rerun the configure command specifying this path:
    % xplor-nih-*/configure -symlinks ~/bin 

   [Instead of ~/bin you can specify any directory you have write
   privileges to.]