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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">
+
+<chapter>
+  <header>
+    <copyright>
+      <year>2007</year><year>2009</year>
+      <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+    </copyright>
+    <legalnotice>
+      The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+      Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+      compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
+      Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
+      retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+    
+      Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+      basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+      the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+      under the License.
+    
+    </legalnotice>
+
+    <title>Installation</title>
+    <prepared>Peter Andersson</prepared>
+    <docno></docno>
+    <date>2007-07-03</date>
+    <rev></rev>
+    <file>install_chapter.xml</file>
+  </header>
+
+  <section>
+    <marker id="general"></marker>
+    <title>General information</title>
+
+    <p>The two main interfaces for running tests with Common Test 
+    are an executable Bourne shell script named <c>run_test</c> and an
+    erlang module named <c>ct</c>. The shell script will work on Unix/Linux
+    (and Linux-like environments such as Cygwin on Windows) and the
+    <c>ct</c> interface functions can be called from the Erlang shell
+    (or from any Erlang function) on any supported platform.</p>
+    
+    <p>The Common Test application is installed with the Erlang/OTP
+    system and no explicit installation is required to start using
+    Common Test by means of the interface functions in the <c>ct</c>
+    module. If you wish to use <c>run_test</c>, however, this script
+    needs to be generated first, according to the instructions below.</p>
+    </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>Unix/Linux</title>
+
+    <p>Go to the <c><![CDATA[common_test-<vsn>]]></c> directory, located
+    among the other OTP applications (under the OTP lib directory). Here you
+    execute the <c>install.sh</c> script with argument <c>local</c>:</p>
+
+    <p><c> 
+    $ ./install.sh local 
+    </c></p>    
+    
+    <p>This generates the executable <c>run_test</c> script in the 
+    <c><![CDATA[common_test-<vsn>/priv/bin]]></c> directory. The script
+    will include absolute paths to the Common Test and Test Server
+    application directories, so it's possible to copy or move the script to
+    a different location on the file system, if desired, without having to
+    update it. It's of course possible to leave the script under the
+    <c>priv/bin</c> directory and update the PATH variable accordingly (or
+    create a link or alias to it).</p>
+
+    <p>If you, for any reason, have copied Common Test and Test Server 
+    to a different location than the default OTP lib directory, you can
+    generate a <c>run_test</c> script with a different top level directory, 
+    simply by specifying the directory, instead of <c>local</c>, when running
+    <c>install.sh</c>. Example:</p>
+
+    <p><c> 
+    $ install.sh /usr/local/test_tools
+    </c></p>
+
+    <p>Note that the <c><![CDATA[common_test-<vsn>]]></c> and
+    <c><![CDATA[test_server-<vsn>]]></c> directories must be located under the
+    same top directory. Note also that the install script does not copy files 
+    or update environment variables. It only generates the <c>run_test</c> 
+    script.</p> 
+    
+    <p>Whenever you install a new version of Erlang/OTP, the <c>run_test</c>
+    script needs to be regenerated, or updated manually with new directory names
+    (new version numbers), for it to "see" the latest Common Test and Test Server
+    versions.</p>
+
+    <p>For more information on the <c>run_test</c> script and the <c>ct</c>
+    module, please see the reference manual.</p>
+    </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>Windows</title>
+
+    <p>On Windows it is very convenient to use Cygwin (<c>www.cygwin.com</c>)
+    for running Common Test and Erlang, since it enables you to use the
+    <c>run_test</c> script for starting Common Test. If you are a Cygwin
+    user, simply follow the instructions above for generating the <c>run_test</c>
+    script.</p>
+
+    <p>If you do not use Cygwin, you have to rely on the API functions
+    in the <c>ct</c> module (instead of <c>run_test</c>) for running
+    Common Test as described initially in this chapter.</p>
+
+    <p>If you, for any reason, have chosen to store Common Test and Test Server 
+    in a different location than the default OTP lib directory, make 
+    sure the <c>ebin</c> directories of these applications are included 
+    in the Erlang code server path (so the application modules can be loaded).</p>
+    </section>
+</chapter>
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