How to use OpenXM/Risa/Asir for Windows
(a distributed system for computational mathematics)?
System requirements
The system
OpenXM/Risa/Asir for Windows
works on Windows 2000/XP.
It is a developing version and
supports only a subset of the OpenXM package.
The full support is available only on the unix version of
OpenXM/Risa/Asir.
OpenXM/Risa/Asir also works on Windows 98/ME, but
it is slow because the communication speed among OpenXM components
through TCP/IP
is very slow on Windows 98/ME.
You do not necessarily need to install OpenXM/Risa/Asir to the hard disk.
You can directly start the OpenXM/Risa/Asir on this CD.
- Open the "My Computer" on your desktop and Open the CD.
- Open the "OpenXM-win" folder in the CD, and next open the "asir" folder,
and finally open the "bin" folder.
Double-click "asirgui-cd" in the "bin" folder, then you can
start OpenXM/Risa/Asir.
Programs for OpenXM/Risa/Asir should be written by
a text editor like notepad.
The batch files in OpenXM-win\bin-windows are developping version.
They will not work.
How to start Risa/Asir for Windows
The asirgui under OpenXM-win\asir\bin is the (plain) Risa/Asir, Kobe distribution.
How to install OpenXM-win to your harddisk C:
- Open the CD (Open "My Computer" and next open the CD).
- Open the harddisk C:
(Open "My Computer" and next open the harddisk "C:").
- Copy the folder "OpenXM-win" in the CD to the harddisk "C:\" by drag and drop.
- Starting method is the same with the starting method of
OpenXM/Risa/Asir on CD.
You may create a shortcut of asirgui-cd by clicking the right button of the
mouse and put the shorcut on your desktop.
Do not copy OpenXM-win to the desktop or folders
which use non-ascii characters and the space letter as their names.
It is a developing version and will not work.
How to uninstall?
Just move OpenXM-win to the trash box.
How to install OpenXM-win
from the archive file
OpenXM-win.tgz on the OpenXM ftp cite.
Use winzip .
The extracted folder OpenXM-win should be put under c:\
If you do not have winzip and do not want to use it,
an alternative is to get "tar.exe" and "gzip.exe" for windows and
extract OpenXM-win by
tar xzvf OpenXM-win.tgz
in the command prompt.
The files "tar.exe" and "gzip.exe" are obtainable from
ftp.math.kobe-u.ac.jp(tar.exe)
and
ftp.math.kobe-u.ac.jp(gzip.exe)
Documents
Manuals can be found under the "help" menu or at
openxm.org (documents) or
you can find manuals by
inputting fctr asir in the search field of
google
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