Installation instructions for the LTOOLS

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Installation under Windows
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Step 1
Unzip this to any directory you like. Take care, that directory pathnames
and long filenames remain intact, e.g. using

        pkzip -extract -directories ltools-X.X.zip

(for X.X. set the number of the version which you are using).

Step 2
In the installation directory run 'setup'.

Step 3
Read file README.TXT !

Step 4
Use the LTOOLS.

+++ For the command line tools:
	Open the Start Menu group LTOOLS and click on the icon 'LTOOLS command line'.
	Type 'ldir -h' to get help, see file README.TXT for details.

+++ For the Java graphical user interface:
	Open the Start Menu group LTOOLS and click on the icon 'LTOOLSgui'
	(This requires, that you have Sun's Java runtime (V1.2 or newer) installed. 
	Please note: Microsoft Java will not work. Sun's Java Runtime java.exe must be on the path!)

+++ For the .NET graphical user interface:
	Open the Start Menu group LTOOLS and click on the icon 'LTOOLSnet'
	(This requires, that you have Microsoft's .NET runtime installed.)

+++ For the Webbrowser based user interface:
	Open the Start Menu group LTOOLS and click on the icon 'LTOOLS Web Server'.
	Open your favourite web browser and connect to 'http://localhost'.

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Installation under Linux / Unix
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Step 1
Unzip this to any directory you like. Take care, that directory pathnames
and long filenames remain intact.

Step 2
Read file README.TXT !

Step 3 (This step can be omitted, if you are running Linux on an x86-PC)
Recompile the LTOOLS (for details see file README.TXT):
	cd ./src
	make -f makefile.unx

	cd ./http
	make -f makefile.unx

	cd ./java
	make -f makefile.unx

Step 4
Use the LTOOLS. All executables are in subdirectory ./bin.unx

+++ For the command line tools:
	Type 'ldir -h' to get help, see file README.TXT for details.

+++ For the Java graphical user interface:
	Type 'ltoolgui'.
	(This requires, that you have Sun's Java 1.2 installed and of course only
	works under X-Windows).

+++ For the Webbrowser based user interface:
	Type 'lreadsrv'. Then open your favourite web browser and connect to
	'http://localhost'.


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Uninstallation under Windows
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Step 1
Open the Start Menu group LTOOLS and click on the icon 'Uninstall'

Step 2
Delete the directory, into which you unzipped the LTOOLS and all its files

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Uninstallation under Linux/Unix
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Delete the directory, into which you unzipped the LTOOLS and all its files



Have fun!

Werner.Zimmermann@fht-esslingen.de
