Technical information
43
Installing the Software Development
Kit
Installing the Software Development Kit
Note
You will find the C/C++ Client API Reference guide (c_api.pdf) in the \docs folder of VSI-FAX CD-ROM.
Installing on Unix or Linux
1. On the VSI-FAX CD, select server\<platform>\faxapi.tgz, where <platform> is the appropriate
platform for your system.
See below for information on how to work with .tgz files.
2. Follow the on-screen installation instructions to complete installation.
Extracting .tgz files (Unix only)
To extract and install using the faxapi.tgz file, follow these instructions:
1. Create a temporary directory.
2. Copy the faxapi.tgz file into the temporary directory.
3. Uncompress/unzip the file. If you have gunzip, then execute the following command:
gunzip faxapi.tgz
If you don't have gunzip on your system move the server.tgz file to server.tar.Z with the following
command:
mv faxapi.tgz faxapi.tar.Z
and then uncompress the file with the following command:
uncompress faxapi.tar.Z
4. Extract the contents of the tar file with the following command:
tar xvf faxapi.tar
5. Run the installation program with the following command:
./install.sh
Installing on Windows
1. Load the VSI-FAX CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
If the installation program does not start automatically, run autorun.exe located in the root directory of your
VSI-FAX CD-ROM.
The VSI-FAX CD browser appears.
2. Select VSI-FAX SDK under Tools.
3. The Welcome screen appears. Click Next to proceed with the installation.