The installation of the executable programs is actually one of the easiest steps of the installation. The only thing you have to do is copy all programs contained in the subdirectory of the ComPact CD that is named after the operating system or programming platform you use to a location on the computers where executable files are found. You can either create a separate directory for the ComPact programs (e.g. /usr/local/pkg/compact/bin) and add its pathname to the search path for commands (usually the PATH environment variable), or just copy the programs somewhere executable programs are found by default (e.g. /usr/local/bin). The programs you need are found on the ComPact CD in one of the following directories:
ComPact CD Root
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compact --+-- freebsd (executables for the FreeBSD
| operating system)
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+-- linux (executables for the Linux
| operating system)
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+-- win32 (executables for the Windows NT
| and Windows 95 operating systems)
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+-- solaris (executables for the Sun Solaris
| operating system)
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... (more platforms when available)
Please note that compilers, linkers, assemblers etc. are not part of the Elego ComPact software, though some tools you might find useful are also contained on the CD. These are the GNU C and C++ compiler gcc and the Cygnus development toolkit for Windows NT (Cygwin32). The default configuration of the Build System of Elego ComPact for C and C++ uses the GNU C preprocessor to compute the dependencies between all sources files. Of course you are free to use your own configuration and tools to perform any single task of the build management.
The GNU software and the Cygnus development environment for Windows both come with their own installation tools and procedures.