Contents of this Directory
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This directory contains a Linux contribution to Ptolemy 0.7.1p1 compiled under
ix86 RedHat Linux 5.1 (RH5.1) and packaged with RedHat Package Manager (RPM).
Created by:	Wolfgang Reimer <reimer@e-technik.tu-ilmenau.de>
Last Change:	08/13/98


Our campus is on line with 140 MBit/s, but the connection between the
continents seems to be a bottleneck. If you get a time out due to the slow
connection, notice that our ftp server is able to handle the REGET command 
to continue an interrupted transfer.


Files needed to run Ptolemy
===========================

INSTALL						Installation notes for Ptolemy
						in conjunction with RedHat
						Linux.

README						This file.

ptolemy-source-0.7.1p1-3.i386.rpm		Contains architecture
						independent stuff necessary to
						run Ptolemy.

You need only either of the binary packages (see INSTALL):

    ptolemy-bin-0.7.1p1-3.i386.rpm	      *	RH5.1 binaries with DLLs.
or
    ptolemy-debugbin-0.7.1p1-3.i386.rpm		RH5.1 binaries with debug
						information.

(*) Beginners should load and install this package. The other package is
    intended for advanced users.


Binary Package Replacements (Option)
====================================

The following 2 binary packages can be used as a replacement for the above
listed binary packages and are intented for developers. These packages
require that the two optional source packages (see below) are installed.

ptolemy-devel_bin-0.7.1p1-3.i386.rpm		RH5.1 binaries with DLLs + 
						complete object tree.

ptolemy-devel_debugbin-0.7.1p1-3.i386.rpm	RH5.1 binaries with debug
						information + complete object
						tree.


Other Sources and Docs (Option)
===============================

ptolemy-usersman_ps-0.7.1p1-3.i386.rpm		User's Manual (postscript
						format)

ptolemy-progman_ps-0.7.1p1-3.i386.rpm		Programmer's Manual
						(postscript format)

ptolemy-kernelman_ps-0.7.1p1-3.i386.rpm		Kernel Manual (postscript
						format)

ptolemy-usersman_html-0.7.1p1-3.i386.rpm	User's Manual (HTML format)

ptolemy-progman_html-0.7.1p1-3.i386.rpm		Programmers's Manual (HTML
						format)

ptolemy-kernelman_html-0.7.1p1-3.i386.rpm	Kernel Manual (HTML format)

ptolemy-other_source-0.7.1p1-3.i386.rpm	      *	Sources of non-Ptolemy stuff 
						(octtools, itcl/itk)

ptolemy-built_source-0.7.1p1-3.i386.rpm	      *	Contains "*.htm", "*.cc", and
						"*.h" files of the Ptolemy
						stars. Necessary if you plan
						to make own stars derived from
						Ptolemy stars.

(*) These source packages are useful in conjunction with debug binaries.
    They are required if you want to install a development binary package.


Source rpm to completely rebuild Ptolemy
========================================

ptolemy-0.7.1p1-3.src.rpm		Includes original archives, 
					patches and a special rpm build script
					(spec file). The only purpose of this
					package is to automatically (re)build
					and create all Ptolemy rpm packages.
					Not of any use for running Ptolemy. 


For more information on the packages read the file 'INSTALL' and the 
description contained in each of the rpm Packages. You can display the
description of a package with:

		rpm -qpi <package_file_name>

FTP URLs are also allowed in place of <package_file_name>. So the command

   rpm -qpi ftp://ftp.tu-ilmenau.de/pub/unix/ptolemy/ptolemy0.7.1.linux/ptolemy-bin-0.7.1p1-3.i386.rpm

will show the package description of ptolemy-bin-0.7.1p1-3.i386.rpm without
completely downloading this fairly large package.
 

Sources for non-RPM Linux systems:
==================================

All sources and patches necessary to compile and build Ptolemy are in the
source package ptolemy-0.7.1p1-3.src.rpm. Sources can be extracted by
non-RPM users via rpm2tgz or rpm2cpio or mc with support for rpm virtual
filesystem.

Miscellanous
============

contrib                                 Directory with egcs-1.0.3a packages
					and jdk-1.1.6 package. See file
					INSTALL, section 2.6, subsection
					"Final Hints".