User`s guide

Chapter 3:Software and Hardware Installation

ScanShop User’s Guide - 11

Installing ScanShop

Installing ScanShop on your system consists of a few simple steps. If you

obtained your software from the Internet or on tape, proceed directly to “Internet

or Tape Distribution” below. If you have your software on CD-ROM, you should

skip the “Internet or Tape Distribution” section and proceed directly to “Running

the Installer”.

Internet or Tape Distribution

Before you install ScanShop, you must unspool the installation ﬁles into a

temporary directory.

First, choose a temporary directory to use. You may use an existing one or create

a new one. Then change to the directory and extract the installation ﬁles from

your media or tar ﬁle:

• from 8mm tape, enter:

# tar xf <tape device>

• from a ﬁle, enter:

# tar xf <file name>

After you extract the ﬁles, your temporary directory should contain a number of

new ﬁles, including:

File Name File Contents

README.<product> Read this ﬁrst! If present, it contains infor-

mation about installing the software that

may not present in the manual.

RELEASE.<product> Read this next! If present, it contains prod-

uct version information, known bugs, and

other release notes.

installer The Vividata Installer, a GUI installation

tool. Run this after you have read the

README and RELEASE ﬁles.