Installing OmniWeb for Windows, Yellow Box

Ken Case kc
Thu Feb 26 17:22:52 PST 1998


WinZip does indeed corrupt the distribution.  Here are updated  
installation instructions, courtesy of Hussain Chinoy  
<hussain at cafestyle.com>.

				Ken

Installing OmniWeb for RDR YellowBox
February 26, 1998

1. Create C:\Local

2. Download OmniWeb from  
ftp://ftp.omnigroup.com/pub/software/Windows-YellowBox/ and place in  
C:\Local

3. Do not use WinZip for extraction, it will truncate filenames and  
create problems within applications' preferences menus.

4. To extract files, use this procedure
	a. 	gzip -d filename.tar.gz
		ex. gzip -d OmniComponents-3.0b5-Win-YB.tar.gz
	b.	gnutar -xpf filename.tar
		ex. gnutar -xpf OmniComponents-3.0b5-Win-YB.tar

	Yes, it's a lot to type.  Do this for all files.  Components  
and Frameworks will create C:\Library\Frameworks and  
C:\Library\Executables

5. Use 4a. & 4b. to extract the applications (OmniWeb, OmniPDF,  
OmniImage) into C:\Local

6. Use TextEdit.app to open  
C:\Local\OmniWeb.app\Resources\Info-winnt.plist and verify that  
SearchPaths contains a reference to where the Components are located  
(in this case, SearchPaths should have /Local/Library/Components)

7. Open up the System Control Panel (Start Menu -> Settings -> Control  
Panel, System icon) and select the Environment tab.  Select the  
Variable "Path" and make sure that it has in it's value string  
C:\Local\Library\Executables and C:\Local

8. To start OmniWeb, click on C:\Local\OmniWeb.app\OmniWeb.exe



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