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IV	Installation

Files included in the package

Readme.install	installation guide
CHANGES	what is new in the current version
Registration.form	form for your registration
xfinstall	installation script
X-Files.tcl	source file for the main executable
be.tcl	library file for Button Editor
ee.tcl	library file for Extension Editor
re.tcl	library file for Resource Editor
xf_sel.tcl	library file for selection dialogs
vfs.tcl	library file for Virtual Filesystem
X-Files.1x	short man page
xfilesrc	resource file
xfiles.buttons	configuration file for the buttons
xfiles.extensions	configuration file for the extensions
xfiles.headers	configuration file for the headers
xfiles.main_pophelp	help texts for fixed widgets
xfiles.user_pophelp	help texts for actionbutton widgets
xfiles.manual	document for X-Files
xfiles.faq	X-Files Frequently Asked Questions
X-Files.xpm	icon for the program
xflogo.gif	the X-Files logo

Installing

Installation is quite simple, just use the script that comes in the package.

1. While using X, start the script: ./xfinstall
   • if it does not start, try: wish xfinstall
   • if it still does not start, make sure that you have wish installed and a symbolic link wish to your latest version (4.0 or higher) of it

2. Select Install

3. The script asks for four paths:
   • for the main executable
   • for the x-files library directory
   • for your icon directory
     (You can skip this if you do not want to install the icon.)
   • for the man page
     (You can skip this if you do not want to install the man page.)

   You can change the suggestions to suit your desires. If you want to install the icon, you must also edit your window manager configuration file (e.g. .fvwmrc) to make use of the icon.

4. You can verify your selections before the actual installation.

5. Select "Yes" to start the installation.
   Select "No" to fix an error in your selections.

6. After the installation, you can start the program by:
   • Clicking the "Start..." button
   • typing X-Files, if the specified path is in your PATH environmental variable
   • typing path/X-Files, if it is not

We are working on editors for that as well, it will be released sometime in the near future.

The loading of the configuration files happens as follows:

• The resource files are loaded in the order:
  1. first system-default
  2. then user-defined (if existing)
• The configuration files are first tried from the ~/.x-files/ directory. If they could not be loaded from there, they will be loaded from the system-default library directory.

If these files could not be found in either of the directories, the program will report an error and abort execution.

Uninstalling

I cannot imagine who would want to uninstall this program, but in order to make that easy as well, we have included this option to the installation script.

1. Choose Uninstall from the first screen.

2. Type the name of the executable (if you have changed it) or the full path of it.

3. If you typed just the name, the script will search all files matching that name.

4. The script tries to find the library path definition in each of the files. If it could not be found, an error is reported and that file will not be removed.
   (It is probably not an X-Files -file)

5. Then you can select whether you choose to remove the executable and corresponding library directory (for each of the matches).

6. The icon is searched (X-Files.xpm) and you can choose whether to remove it or not. If multiple matches were found, you can choose for each of them.

7. The man page is also searched (X-Files.1x) and you can choose whether to remove it or not. If multiple matches were found, you can choose for each of them.