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    1                          OpenVerse Visual Chat
    2 
    3 Copyright (C) 1999-2001 David Gale <cruise@openverse.org>
    4 For more information visit http://OpenVerse.org/
    5 
    6 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    7 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
    8 as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
    9 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
   10 
   11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   14 GNU General Public License for more details.
   15 
   16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   17 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
   18 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307,
   19 USA.
   20 
   21 
   22 
   23 -----------------------------------------------------------
   24                       How To Install
   25 -----------------------------------------------------------
   26 
   27 
   28 RPM Linux users:
   29 1. Install Tcl/TK for your platform if it is not already installed. Tcl/TK
   30 can be downloaded for FREE from http://www.scriptics.com. If you are not
   31 the system administrator for your location, contact your system
   32 administrator for assistance. 
   33 
   34 2. Download The OpenVerse software here. This is an easy to instal RPM file. 
   35 3. Install The OpenVerse program with the following command...
   36 
   37 
   38 rpm -i OpenVerse-VERSION_NUMBER.noarch.rpm
   39 
   40 
   41 If you are upgrading from a previous version, use this command. 
   42 
   43 rpm -U OpenVerse-VERSION_NUMBER.noarch.rpm
   44 
   45 
   46 4. Run the OpenVerse program and click connect! thats it, just type to chat,
   47 you will learn it's features over time.
   48 
   49 
   50 UNIX users:
   51 1. Install Tcl/TK for your platform if it is not already installed. Tcl/TK
   52 can be downloaded for FREE from http://www.scriptics.com. If you are not
   53 the system administrator for your location, contact your system
   54 administrator for assistance. 
   55 2. Download The OpenVerse software. 
   56 3. Uncompress The OpenVerse program with the following command...
   57 
   58 
   59 zcat OpenVerse.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
   60 
   61 
   62 NOTE, ON UNIX SYSTEMS, THE OpenVerse PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO BE INSTALLED
   63 IN A CENTRAL LOCATION. A UNIQUE HOME DIRECTORY WILL BE CREATED FOR EACH
   64 USER AS ~/.OpenVerse. It is suggested that you install the OpenVerse dir
   65 in /usr/lib and make a symbolic link from /usr/lib/OpenVerse/OpenVerse.tcl
   66 to /usr/bin/OpenVerse. this would be done with the following command. 
   67 
   68 
   69 ln -s /usr/lib/OpenVerse/OpenVerse.tcl /usr/bin/OpenVerse
   70 
   71 
   72 If you wish to install the program in some other directory be sure to edit
   73 the OpenVerse.tcl program and change the "set MV(libdir)" line within the
   74 "platform unix" section to a value which suits your system. 
   75 
   76 4. Run the OpenVerse.tcl program and click connect! thats it, just type to
   77 chat, you will learn it's features over time.
   78 
   79 
   80 Windows users (3.1/95/98/NT):
   81 1. Install Tcl/TK for your platform if it is not already installed. Tcl/TK
   82 can be downloaded for FREE from http://www.scriptics.com. Tcl/TK for
   83 Windows 95/98 (version 8.05) can also be downloaded right here. this must
   84 be installed for OpenVerse to run. 
   85 2. Download The OpenVerse software. 
   86 3. Unzip The OpenVerse program with your favorite WinZip type program. 
   87 4. Run the OpenVerse.tcl program and click connect! thats it, just type to
   88 chat, you will learn it's features over time.
   89 
   90 
   91 Macintosh users:
   92 1. Install Tcl/TK for your platform if it is not already installed. Tcl/TK
   93 can be downloaded for FREE from http://www.scriptics.com. This must be
   94 installed for OpenVerse to run. You can also download it here for a PPC
   95 (binhex) MacTk8.2.Final.PPC.sea.hqx 
   96 2. Download The OpenVerse software. 
   97 3. Unzip The OpenVerse program with your favorite Stuffit type program. 
   98 4. Move the WISH program from the tcl package into the OpenVerse directory. 
   99 5. Run the Wish program from the OpenVerse directory and click file. Select
  100 source and choose the OpenVerse.tcl program. Click connect and you are on
  101 your way! thats it, just type to chat, you will learn it's features over
  102 time.
  103 
  104 Program created by Cruise cruise@openverse.org
  105