Instructions for setting up Scivis

To set up the Scivis system,

First, you need to have JDK1.1.x. If you do not have, please get this from Java Development Kit.
To install JDK, please follow the instruction of JDK.

And then, download Scivis from here. You can select the file format. We tared the neccessary files and comressed.

If you properly download a file and untar the file, you will see the following directory structure.

                    sv1_0
                     |
  --------------------------------------------
  |         |           |          |         |
  api     config      filter    sv_lib    README
                        |
                       user
                        |
                       dist

Now you have to add the following directorys/files in your CLASSPATH environment.

    install_dir/sv_lib/scivis.jar
    install_dir/sv_lib/swing.jar
    install_dir/sv_lib/motif.jar
    install_dir/sv_lib/windows.jar
    install_dir/filter

Where install_dir is your installation directory.

As an example,

    
 % setenv CLASSPATH install_dir/sv_lib/scivis.jar:install_dir/sv_lib/swing.jar:...

or for Windows

 c:\> set CLASSPATH=install_dir\sv_lib\civis.jar;install_dir\sv_lib\swing.jar:...

Now, you are ready to run Scivis. To run Scivis,
```
   
 % java svserver [-p port_number] [-s configuration_directory]
```
Can you see the Scivis server window like following picture? Ok, you are done.
For further information, see the User Guide.

Please direct any questions to (scott@npac.syr.edu or bki5@npac.syr.edu).

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