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Installation Overview

This section outlines the basic steps involved in the installation process. There are two ways of installing dstool, reflecting the two different ways that workstation software are typically used. The first assumes that a single user will work with the dstool program and that this user alone requires access to the source, library and utility files. In the discussions that follow, we shall refer to this setup as the single-user configuration. The second assumes that multiple users will want to define and investigate different dynamical systems. In this multi-user environment, most of the files of dstool are stored in one location, but each user establishes a directory in which they keep the source and executable files that pertain to the systems which that individual is studying. Later sections contain more detailed descriptions.


The following is a brief overview of the installation steps:

1.
Check installation requirements.

2.
Create a directory for dstool.

3.
Edit .login and .cshrc files to set environment variables and include the directory containing dstool in your search path.

4.
Transfer the dstool distribution file from media or archive server into the directory and extract the installation files using the UNIX tar facility.

5.
Run the installation script install_dstool. Follow the instructions on the screen.

6.
Change permission on dstool files and subdirectories, if required, to restrict or enable access by other users.


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