DekoPro. A new concept in decompressive software



DEKOPRO 1.0. USER GUIDE


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INSTALLATION


System Requirements


At this moments, DekoPro can run exclusively on Intel 32 based platforms. Other arquitectures, like 64-bit SPARC, are only supported in a experimental way.

You need a O.S. version of Windows (32 bit) or UNIX (Linux) running on this architecture.


Hardware Requirements


The minimum hardware required for running DekoPro is:

  • Pentium
  • 16 Mb RAM
  • 4 Mb of free space in your hard drive

The recommended hardware required for running DekoPro is:

  • Pentium II or higher
  • 64 Mb RAM or higher
  • 4 Mb of free space in your hard drive


Software Requirements


On Windows platforms, the O.S. version must be:

  • Windows 95 OSR2
  • Windows 98
  • Windows ME
  • Windows NT
  • Windows 2000

On UNIX platforms there's only a a Linux version available. The Linux Kernel must be a version higher than 2.2. Also you need to have installed the following software:

  • gunzip o equivalent program for uncompress ZIP files (for the installation).
  • Tcl/Tk version 8.2 or higher (for the visual Interface)

In any case, you don't need nothing special for the command line version, although a good text editor is recommended.


Windows Installation


In order to install the application on a Windows platform, you only have to run the program DEKOPRO.EXE . This program asks the user all the needed installation information.


Unix Installation (Linux)


In order to install the application on a UNIX platform, you only have to uncompress Dekopro.zip in a directory of your choice. For this you can use the gunziptool (or a similar one) that comes with every Linux distribution.

Once you get the application uncompressed in the installation directory, you've got to execute as 'root' the following commands :

    # ln –s <install directory>/DekoPro /usr/bin
    # ln –s <install directory>/bDeko /usr/bin

Where “install directory” stands for the directory you choose for uncompress the application files.