Installation on Mac OS^® X

Installation in detail:

1. Get uDraw(Graph) Distribution

First you have to download a uDraw(Graph) distribution by ftp, see http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/uDrawGraph/en/download/.

Additional informations and known limitations of the Mac OS^® X version can be found in the README file, that is also contained in every distribution.

2. Install Distribution

In most cases the tar.gz distribution should be expanded automatically after the downlaod by tools like StuffIt Expander. If not, you have to open a shell (Utilities -> Terminal), use "tar -xzf *.tar.gz" to install the distribution. This creates the directory "uDrawGraph-<Version>", where <Version> is the version number of the release. uDraw(Graph) can be placed in any directory. To move the software to another location, you need to move this directory completely to some other directory.

3. Specify Installation Directory

(This step is not neccessary on Mac OS^®, because a wrapper script is used, if it doesn't work, please consider this step!) on LINUX^®.)

You have to set the environment variable UDG_HOME to the absolute file name of the directory where the system is installed on your computer. Be careful with changing the location of the distribution after users have saved their options and read this note about environment variable $UDG_HOME for details.

For example, if you have installed uDraw(Graph) in your home directory "/Users/me", then the environment variable has to be set using the following command (try "echo $SHELL" to see the kind of shell you currently use):

For (t)csh shell users:

For (ba)sh shell users:

You should make these settings permanent by putting this command into file ~/.cshrc (for (t)csh users) or ~/.profile (for (ba)sh users).

4. Browser for Help System

Finally, make sure that you have installed a web browser to work with the online documentation and help system directly from the uDraw(Graph) user interface. Netscape^® Navigator^®, Mozilla^® or Firefox^® are preferred. Unfortunately uDraw(Graph) tries to open a new browser window for each consecutive call to the help system currently. At the first start, uDraw(Graph) will try to start the binary /Applications/Mozilla.app/Contents/MacOS/mozilla-bin. If this can't be found, the help system will not appear. In this case, please use menu Options/General Settings... to specify the browser as described in Using the Online Documentation.

5. Start

The command you have to start is "uDrawGraph" in the "bin" directory.

6. Accept License Conditions

A window for license agreement appears when the user starts uDraw(Graph) for the first time. Please read the terms of the agreement carefully. You can get the full text of this license with the Show License button. The license text is also available in file "LICENSE.txt" in the installation directory. By confirming the license window, you accept and agree to become bound by all terms of this license. Please press the "Quit" button in the license agreement window if you do not agree to this license.