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RiverWare Release: 4.x
Last Updated: March 19, 2004
This document contains instructions for downloading RiverWare Viewer
software (both Solaris and Windows versions) from the CADSWES website.
After you have successfully downloaded the RiverWare Viewer, follow
the instructions in one of the following documents to install RiverWare
on your system:
Detailed instructions for setting up the RiverWare license manager (for
floating licenses only) are in the RiverWare
Viewer License Manager User's Guide.
Contents:
1.1 Solaris Platform
1.2 Windows Platform
3.1 CADSWES WEB Download Page
3.2 Instructions for Downloading RiverWare Release Files
RiverWare runs on a Sun Solaris workstation with Solaris 2.7 or higher
operating system and on Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP. Solaris
release and Windows release each include its own set of release files.
These files are described in the following section, 1.1
Solaris Platform and 1.2 Windows Platform.
RiverWare Release files for both Solaris version and Windows version
are available for downloading from the CADSWES website and FTP site.
RiverWare online help files are written in PDF format. Therefore, Acrobat
Reader from Adobe is required for viewing those online help files. Adobe
Acrobat Reader is free, and freely distributable, software that lets you
view and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files. It is available for
downloading from Adobe's website www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
. To install it on your system, follow Adobe's installation instructions.
When downloading a RiverWare Solaris release from the CADSWES website,
all of the RiverWare release files are compressed into one install file.
Therefore, you need to download only one file. While downloading a RiverWare
Solaris release from the CADSWES FTP site, you must download all of the
RiverWare release files from the release directory.
Make sure you have a file system with adequate disk space before you
start downloading. A complete RiverWare Solaris release files in compressed
format is about 32 MB. Installed, uncompressed RiverWare will occupy about
66 MB.
RiverWare Solaris Release Files
Each RiverWare Solaris release contains the following files:
- install_guide_solaris.txt
A document in ASCII file format detailing how to install RiverWare on
your system.
- license_guide.txt
A document in ASCII file format detailing how to install and configure
the RiverWare license manager for RiverWare floating licenses.
- MANIFEST
An ASCII file which list all the files contained in the tar file for
the release. This file is required by install script. It contains six
sections:
- A line which identifies it as a valid manifest:
# MANIFEST
- A line which describes the version of RiverWare:
# RiverWare 4.0, rel, solaris (non-debug)
or
# RiverWare 4.0, dev, solaris (debug)
- The date the release was made:
# date Sun Aug 2 23:09:21 MDT 1998
- One or more lines which identify the pieces of the split, compressed
tar file and their checksums:
#part NNNNN part001
#part NNNNN part002
...
- One or more lines which identify the individual files contained
in the tar file and their checksums:
#file NNNNN riverware
...
- A line which identifies the end of the MANIFEST file:
# END
- riverware_install
A script file for installing RiverWare on your system.
- several "part???" files
The pieces of a split, compressed tar file, which comprise the RiverWare
executable and the supporting files for the release.
When downloading a RiverWare Windows release from the CADSWES website,
you will have an option of saving the install file to your filesystem
(and install it later) or starting the installation process immediately
after the install file is downloaded to your machine. While downloading
a RiverWare Windows release from the CADSWES FTP site, you have to execute
the downloaded install file to start the installation process.
Make sure you have a file system with adequate disk space before you
start downloading. The install file in compressed format is about 24 MB
(as of release 4.2). Installed uncompressed RiverWare will occupy about
35 MB.
The two optional Windows applications for RiverWare: ExcelWriter and
GPAT, are also available for downloading from the CADSWES website and
FTP site.
RiverWare Windows Release Files
Each RiverWare Windows release contains the following files:
- Install_guide_windows.txt
A document in ASCII file format detailing how to install RiverWare Windows
version on your system.
- license_guide.txt
A document in ASCII file format detailing how to set up the RiverWare
license manager for RiverWare floating license.
- rw??setup.exe
All of the RiverWare release files are compressed into one install file
named "rw??setup.exe" or "rw???setup.exe", where
?? or ??? represents the RiverWare release number. For example, rw40setup.exe
is the install program for release 4.0, and rw402setup.exe is the install
program for patch release 4.0.2.
ExcelWriter ExcelWriter is an optional MS Windows-only application
for RiverWare.
GPAT is an optional MS Windows Excel Add-in application for RiverWare.
Although it is not required, the following is the recommended
directory structure for downloading RiverWare to your machine:
- We suggest that you store the newly downloaded RiverWare files in a
different directory than that of your current RiverWare release. This
is to prevent you from having to re-download the RiverWare installation
files should the installation fail or be interrupted before it is complete.
This also makes installing RiverWare on multiple machines more convenient.
- CADSWES will notify you of the new RiverWare version number and the
release type (i.e., rel, patch, or dev) when a release is available. Create
a directory parallel with your current RiverWare release directory, and
name it: RiverWare-<release number>-<release type>. Store the
downloaded RiverWare files in this directory before you begin installation.
For example, the downloaded files for an official 4.0 release can be in
the following directory:
on Solaris platform:
/usr/local/RiverWare-4.0-rel
on Windows platform:
C:\Program Files\CADSWES\RiverWare-4.0-rel
- You may delete the downloaded RiverWare files (the files in the directory:
RiverWare-<release number>-<release type>) if you wish after
the new version is successfully installed.
3.0 Downloading from CADSWES WebSite
3.1 CADSWES WEB Download Page
You can reach the RiverWare Viewer WEB download page from the RiverWare
Viewer main page:
http://cadswes.colorado.edu/riverware/viewer/
You will see the following four links:
- Download the RiverWare Viewer
The download page for downloading the RiverWare releases and the libraries
and resources needed for running the viewer. It also contains instructions
for how to unpack the downloaded releases.
- Download Guide
This document.
- Installation Guide (Solaris platform)
The document detailing how to install the Solaris version of RiverWare
on your system.
- Installation Guide (Windows platform)
The document detailing how to install the Windows version of RiverWare
on your system.
Click on "Download the RiverWare Viewer" from this page. You
will be in "DOWNLOAD RIVERWARE VIEWER Windows and Solaris Releases"
page.
3.2 Instructions for Downloading RiverWare Release
Files
Downloading a Solaris release:
- Move down to section "RiverWare Solaris Releases ..." and
follow the instructions.
Downloading a Windows release:
- Move down to section "RiverWare Windows NT/2000 Releases."
- Click on the link for the most recent Windows release and follow the
instructions.
you will be asked if you like to open or save the file. If you select
Open, the install process will start immediately. If you select Save,
you will be asked where you want to save the file, and then you will
have to execute the downloaded file to initiate the install process.
After performing the steps listed in section 3.0,
the next step is to install RiverWare on your local system. You should
have a copy of a RiverWare release on your local system.
For the Solaris version of the RiverWare Viewer, two installation files
are provided as part of the RiverWare release and can be found in the
directory where you downloaded RiverWare. The two files are: a script
file named "riverware-install," which automatically installs
RiverWare on your system, and a document named "install_guide_solaris.txt,"
which has detailed instructions for installing RiverWare and for setting
up your environment to run RiverWare. This document can also be found
on CADSWES website: RiverWare
Viewer Installation Guide (Solaris Platform).
For the Windows version of the RiverWare Viewer, two installation files
are provided as part of the RiverWare release and can be found in the
directory where you downloaded RiverWare. The two files are: an install
file named "rw[release_number]setup.exe," which automatically
installs RiverWare on your system, and a document named "install_guide_windows.txt,"
which has detailed instructions for installing RiverWare and for setting
up your environment to run RiverWare. This document can also be found
on CADSWES website: RiverWare
Viewer Installation Guide (Windows Platform).
Before running the RiverWare Viewer, you need to obtain a RiverWare
license file named "cadswes.lic" from CADSWES. Also, depending
on your license type, you may need to start the RiverWare license manager
daemon before you can run RiverWare. A document named "license_guide.txt,"
which has detailed instructions for setting up the RiverWare license manager,
can be found in the subdirectory named "license" from where
you have installed RiverWare. (This document can also be found on CADSWES
website: RiverWare Viewer License
Manager User's Guide).
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