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| How to install Euphoria |
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Configuration Information
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To install Euphoria you need:
* a 386 or higher MS-DOS based computer
* 250K of free extended memory
* 1 Mb of free hard disk space.
The Install Procedure
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1. cd into the directory containing the Euphoria files
2. type:
install
For instance, if you have Euphoria on a floppy you would type the
following two commands:
a: (or b:)
install
If you have downloaded Euphoria and pkunzip'd in (say) C:\TMP you
would type:
cd c:\tmp
install
If you happen to have unzipped into C:\EUPHORIA, that's fine, cd into it
and type: install.
You can also install under Windows by double-clicking on install.bat.
You will be asked which drive to put the EUPHORIA directory on. Later
you will be asked to approve any changes to your autoexec.bat file.
Finally, you need to reboot your machine so the new autoexec.bat will
take effect.
After installing, see DOC\WHAT2DO.DOC for ideas on how to use this package.
You should also read README.DOC if you haven't done so already.
The install program is written in Euphoria. See install.ex.
Enjoy!
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If you have problems ...
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* With a 2Mb RAM system, you might get an error message from DOS4GW during
the install. This is due to a shortage of free extended memory on your
system. You may be using SMARTDrive, RAMDrive, or some other program that
ties up a large portion of your extended memory. Comment out the commands
in your config.sys or autoexec.bat files that start these programs, or at
least reduce the amount of memory that they reserve. Euphoria needs 250K
of free extended memory to run. Type "mem" in DOS to find out how much you
have. Rerun the install program when you have enough free extended memory.
You may be limited to running under DOS, outside of Windows.
* There are several possible reasons why the install program will decide not
to edit your autoexec.bat file. Your PATH may be too close to the 127
character limit; autoexec.bat may be read-only; etc. If this happens you
should follow the manual procedure part B below.
If you need any help installing Euphoria, send mail to:
Rapid Deployment Software
130 Holm Crescent
Thornhill, Ontario
L3T 5J3
CANADA
or contact us via e-mail:
[72614,1667] on Compuserve
R.CRAIG1 on GEnie
robert.craig@canrem.com on the Internet
Be sure to describe your machine configuration:
memory, free extended memory, version of MS-DOS, etc.
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Manual Install Procedure (most people can ignore this)
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In order to show exactly what the install procedure does, and to provide
support for people with special needs, or anyone who has trouble using the
automatic install procedure, we outline a set of manual steps below.
Euphoria comes to you on either a floppy disk or a .zip file.
It contains 80+ files. Initially these will all be in one directory
on your floppy, or in a hard disk directory that you pkunzip'd into.
You can install Euphoria on any drive and in any directory that you
want. Below we assume that you want to put it in C:\EUPHORIA.
Part A - set up files
1. Make the EUPHORIA directory. e.g.
mkdir c:\euphoria
2. Copy the 80+ files into it.
copy *.* c:\euphoria
3. Change directories into c:\euphoria.
c:
cd \euphoria
4. Organize the files into subdirectories.
The install.ex program contains a list of the subdirectories
and the files that should go into each subdirectory. You could
arrange the files yourself, but it will be a lot faster if
you just type:
install
at this point and let the install program perform this step.
After asking you for the drive letter, it will detect that the
earlier steps have been performed already. You don't have to
accept any changes that it proposes to make to your autoexec.bat
file.
Part B - edit autoexec.bat
5. In the file c:\autoexec.bat add c:\euphoria\bin to the list of
directories in your PATH command. You might use the MS-DOS EDIT
command or any other text editor to do this. e.g.
edit c:\autoexec.bat
(Although Euphoria is not fully installed at this point, you could
type:
cd c:\euphoria\bin
ex ed c:\autoexec.bat
to edit using the Euphoria editor. See doc\ed.doc.)
6. In the same autoexec.bat file add a new line:
set eudir=c:\euphoria
The eudir environment variable indicates the full path to
the main Euphoria directory.
7. Press Control-Alt-Delete to reboot.
This will define your new PATH and EUDIR environment variables.
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