How to use OpenXM/Risa/Asir for Windows
(a distributed system for computational mathematics)?
Environments
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 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 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.
The asirgui under OpenXM-win\asir\bin is the Risa/Asir(Kobe distribution).
How to install 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.
It is a developing version and will not work.
How to uninstall?
Just move it to the trash box.
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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