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Installing QBIC


This chapter contains the following sections:

Installation Steps

To install QBIC:

  1. From the QBIC Development Kit (QDK), locate the correct QBIC distribution file for your platform:

    Platform Distribution file
    AIX 4.1 or higher qbaix_3.zip or qbaix_3.tgz
    Linux 2.0.30 qblinux_3.zip or qblinux_3.tgz
    Solaris 2.6 qbsun_3.zip or qbsun_3.tgz
    Windows NT/95 qbnt_3.exe
    Macintosh OS8 qbmac_3.sit
  2. Locate or create a directory where you want to install QBIC. When the QBIC distribution file is uncompressed, it creates a qbic directory. For example, if you uncompress QBIC files to the /usr/local directory, QBIC will install in the /usr/local/qbic subdirectory.

    Any references to a directory or path beginning with qbic is assumed to be relative to the installation directory (e.g. /usr/local). In this manual, we use the UNIX forward slash (/) for directory separators. For PC-based platforms, please substitute the backslash (\).

  3. Uncompress the QBIC distribution file in the directory where you want to install QBIC.

unzip source_file.zip

or

gunzip -d source_file.tgz tar -xvf source_file.tar

You need the unzip or gunzip utility to uncompress the QBIC distribution file. These utilities can be found on the Internet.

Starting the Demo

If you want to run the QBIC demo, go to the qbic directory and type:


qbicdemo

On the Macintosh, you must start the demo manually:

1. Start the qbictcl program in the qbic/bin directory.
2. In the command shell of qbictcl type: source ../script/qbserver.tcl
3. Start Netscape or Internet Explorer.
4. Enter the following URL: http://MachineName:3456, where MachineName is your Macintosh's Internet domain name. If you are unsure, you can enter http://127.0.0.1:3456.

See Chapter 5 for detailed information about running QBIC demos.

QBIC Installation Directories

The QBIC API and related files are installed to the following directories:

Directory Description
qbic/QbicApi Source, sample programs, libraries, header files
qbic/bin Executables, dlls (PC only), scripts
qbic/classes Java applets used for the web demo
qbic/docs PDF and HTML on-line documentation
qbic/html/gifs Images for the web demo
qbic/html/images Image directory
qbic/html/text Text files containing image descriptions or keywords
qbic/html/thumb Thumbnail directory
qbic/QbicData QBIC database for catalog files
qbic/script tcl script for a QBIC mini web server




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