The cfep/asir in this distribution works only on Intel Mac's. (It does not run on old PPC Mac's.) It has been tested on MacOS 10.4(tigers), 10.5(leopard) and 10.6(snow leopard). Install: Drag and drop "cfep" at any place you want. Then, the installation is done. Optional install: Install "X11" from MacOS install disk if you are using 10.4 or 10.5. It is under the optional tools. Asir "plot" command will work. Uninstall: Move cfep to the trash. Note: Installation of xcode tools is no longer necessary. Info: http://www.math.kobe-u.ac.jp/Asir -------------------------- Advanced installation -------------------------- 1. Optional software. In order to use the module gnuplot in the asir contrib, install gnuplot in your command search path. In order to use pretty printing, /usr/local/bin/latex and /usr/local/bin/dvipng must be installed. In order to use the module phc, download the phcpack from http://www.math.uic.edu/~jan/download.html and put the binary "phc" under cfep.app/OpenXM/bin -------------------------- 2. In order to use asir and other binaries of the OpenXM project from the command line, cd cfep.app/OpenXM/rc make and add source cfep.app/OpenXM/rc/dot.bashrc at the last of your .bashrc or copy cfep.app/OpenXM/rc/openxm to your command search path and start, e.g., asir by openxm asir