User guide

3: Client Software Installation
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the protocol distribution or if you just need to extract a few files from the distribution,
you can do so using this directory.
Use the following procedure to install the Protocol software from the distribution media
onto your UNIX computer.
Step 1: On the client system (previously configured as described in Section 3.3), log
in to a root or other privileged account.
Step 2: Change to the directory that is just above your installed
freeway directory tree.
The default is
/usr/local.
Step 3: Insert the Protocol Software distribution CDROM into the appropriate drive
and mount the CDROM. Below is an example of the
mount command (the device name
on your system might be different):
mount /dev/cdrom
Step 4: The Protocol Software tar file (PF-100-xxxx.tar) is located in the directory
/parts/PF-100/ on the CDROM, where xxxx represents a four-digit number that will vary
depending on what protocol software you are installing. You may either copy this file to
your local directory (
/usr/local/) or leave it on the CDROM and extract the files from
there. Below is an example of a command to copy the tar file to your local directory:
cp /dev/cdrom/parts/PF-100/*.tar .
Step 5: Use the tar x command to retrieve the Freeway software files from the tar file.
You might want to include the
v option to display the file names as they are extracted.
Some systems require that you use the
f option to identify the peripheral device being
used. Below are two examples of the
tar command. The first assumes that the tar file is
in your local directory. The second assumes that the tar file is still on the CDROM. Note
that the device name on your system might be different: