Installing Sysquake LE for use on the Web

To install Sysquake LE and using it on the World Wide Web, please follow these steps:

1. Read and accept the license terms

Sysquake LE is licensed to you, the user, under the following conditions:

• Sysquake LE is distributed without any warranty. Its authors, its publisher and its distributors do not assume any liability about the features and performances of Sysquake LE.
• Sysquake LE may give wrong results, crash, or corrupt data. The user assumes the whole responsibility of running it.
• Sysquake LE may not be modified in any way or reversed-engineered.
• For redistributing Sysquake LE 2, please contact Calerga. Redistribution includes, but are not limited to, public servers, cd-roms, floppy disks, bundles with magazines and books, and bundles with computers. Sysquake LE may be placed on private servers, provided the license notice is included.
• Unless explicitely specified, Sysquake LE is not supported by its author, editor, or redistributors.

If you do not agree with these terms, you may not download Sysquake LE.

2. Select your operating system

Sysquake LE is currently available for Windows 98/NT4/2000/XP and Mac OS 9-X; Sysquake Viewer is available for GNU/Linux for Intel or PowerPC (preview release). Please select yours:

Installation for Windows

3(Win). Check Sysquake LE's requirements

Sysquake LE for Windows runs on Windows 95, 98, and NT 4, with at least 64MB RAM, 8MB free space on the hard disk, 256 colors and 800x600 pixels (more is better).

4(Win). Download Sysquake LE

Click this link and save the file SQL13WF.zip (892 KB) somewhere on your hard disk.

5(Win). Uncompress Sysquake LE

Use a utility which can decode ZIP files, such as WinZIP or Zip Pro, and decode Sysquake LE to any convenient place.

6(Win). Open Sysquake LE's directory

Sysquake LE's directory has been uncompressed to the place you chose during the previous step.

7(Win). Run Sysquake LE

Double-click Sysquake LE's icon.

8(Win). Check that Sysquake LE is the application registered to handle SQ files

In the Edit menu, check that the entry "Handle SQ Files" has a checkmark and is disabled. Otherwise, select it.

9(Win). Try SQ files

Go back to Sysquake LE On The Web's home page to try some of the SQ files. Congratulations, that's all!

Installation for Macintosh

3(Mac). Check Sysquake LE's requirements

Sysquake LE for Mac runs on Mac OS 8.1-9.x, with at least 32MB RAM, 8MB free space on the hard disk, 256 colors and 800x600 pixels (more is better); or Mac OS X with any PowerPC hardware which supports it.

4(Mac). Download Sysquake LE

Click this link. If you are asked whether you want to save a file, click Yes and save the file SQL13MF.sit.hqx (1.1 MB) somewhere on your hard disk.

5(Mac). Uncompress Sysquake LE

Either let your browser uncompress the file automatically or use Aladdin StuffIt Expander, and put Sysquake LE's folder at an appropiate place (e.g. in your Application folder).

If you upgrade Sysquake LE, you can stop here. Make sure to delete the previous version of Sysquake Viewer or Sysquake LE, so that your browser launches the new one.

6(Mac). Install Sysquake LE as a helper for your browser

First, launch your browser. Then:

Netscape Navigator or Netscape Communicator

• choose Preferences in the Edit menu;
• in the Categories, choose Applications (under the Navigator or Communicator heading);
• check whether an entry already exists for SQ file; if it does, double-click it, otherwise click New;
• enter the following information (click Choose for selecting Sysquake LE):



• Click OK to confirm your changes

Microsoft Internet Explorer

• choose Preferences in the Edit menu;
• choose File Helpers;
• check whether an entry already exists for SQ file; if it does, double-click it, otherwise click Add;
• enter the following information (click Browse for selecting Sysquake LE):



• Click OK to confirm your changes

7(Mac). Try SQ files

Go back to Sysquake LE On The Web's home page to try some of the SQ files. They should open in Sysquake LE. Congratulations, that's all!

Installation for Linux/X Window

3(Linux). Check Sysquake Viewer's requirements

Sysquake Viewer for Linux/X Window runs on Pentium or PowerPC computers with Linux/libc 6/X Window, with at least 32MB RAM, 8MB free space on the hard disk, 256 colors (16 bits/pixel or 32 bits/pixel for images) and 800x600 pixels (more is better). For smoother interactivity, running Sysquake Viewer on the same computer as the X server is recommended.

4(Linux). Download Sysquake Viewer

Download the version for your computer. If you are asked whether you want to save a file, click Yes and save it somewhere on your file system.

5(Linux). Uncompress Sysquake Viewer

Either let your browser uncompress the file automatically or use gzip and tar, and put the sqviewer directory at an appropriate place (e.g. in /usr/local or /usr/bin if you have root access, or in your home directory otherwise):

$ gzip -d sqviewer-1.*.tar.gz
$ tar xf sqviewer-1.*.tar
$ # what's below is optional and requires root access
$ su
Password: <type root password here>
# cp -R sqviewer-* /usr/local
# mv /usr/local/sqviewer-1.2*/sqviewer /usr/bin
# exit

If you're upgrading Sysquake Viewer and you haven't changed its directory, you can stop here.

6(Linux). Set the path leading to sqviewer (optional)

If you want to launch Sysquake Viewer from the shell, it is convenient to add its path to your PATH environment variable (unless you have copied sqviewer to a directory which is already in your PATH, such as /usr/bin; in that case, you can skip this step). Then you can launch Sysquake Viewer just by typing its file name. Edit the file which is run by your shell when you login (typically .bash_profile for bash), and add the following lines at the end:

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sqviewer
export PATH

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/sqviewer
export PATH

To test this without login again, read .bash_profile again, then run Sysquake Viewer:

$ . .bash_profile
$ sqviewer sqviewer/RST_dt_v.sq

You can manipulate the closed-loop poles (crosses) in the top left figure. To quit, either click the close box (typically on the right of the title bar of Sysquake Viewer window) or type 'q'.

7(Linux). Install Sysquake Viewer as a helper for your browser

First, launch your browser. Then:

Netscape Navigator or Netscape Communicator

• choose Preferences in the Edit menu;
• in the Categories, choose Applications (under the Navigator or Communicator heading);
• check whether an entry already exists for SQ file; if it does, double-click it, otherwise click New;
• enter the following information (click Choose for selecting Sysquake Viewer):



• Click OK to confirm your changes

Other browser

Read its documentation and configure it to use sqviewer to display files with MIME type application/x-sysquake.

8(Linux). Try SQ files

Go back to Sysquake LE On The Web's home page to try some of the SQ files. They should open in Sysquake Viewer. Congratulations, that's all!