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diff --git a/system/doc/installation_guide/install-binary.xml b/system/doc/installation_guide/install-binary.xml index 07027a39f6..af7dab6e44 100644 --- a/system/doc/installation_guide/install-binary.xml +++ b/system/doc/installation_guide/install-binary.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2000</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2000</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -31,117 +31,40 @@ <rev>C</rev> <file>install-binary.xml</file> </header> - - <section> - <title>UNIX</title> - - <section> - <title>Introduction</title> - <p>The system is delivered as a single compressed tar file.</p> - <p>To browse the on-line HTML documentation, Netscape or an equivalent - browser supporting frames is needed.</p> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Installation Procedure</title> - <p>When installed, the entire system, except for a small start-up - script, resides in a single directory tree. The location of this - directory tree can be chosen arbitrarily by the installer, and it - does not need to be in the user's <c>$PATH</c>. The only requirements - are that the file system where it is placed has enough free space, - and that the users who run Erlang/OTP have read access to it. In the - example below, the directory tree is assumed to be located at - <c>/usr/local/erlang</c>, which is here called the <em>top-level directory</em>.</p> - <p>It is assumed that you have the compressed tar file, the name of - which is <c><![CDATA[<PREFIX>.tar.gz]]></c>, where <c><![CDATA[<PREFIX>]]></c> is a string - denoting the particular Erlang/OTP release, e.g. - <c>otp_LXA_11930_sunos5_R9B</c>.</p> - <p>Wherever the string <c><![CDATA[<PREFIX>]]></c> is used below, it should - be replaced by the actual name prefix of the compressed tar file.</p> - <p>The tape archive file does not have one single directory in which - all other files are rooted. Therefore the tape archive file must be - extracted into an empty (newly created) directory.</p> - <list type="ordered"> - <item> - <p>If the <em>top-level directory</em> does not already exist, - create it:</p> - <pre> -mkdir /usr/local/erlang</pre> - </item> - <item> - <p>Change the current directory to the <em>top level directory</em>:</p> - <pre> -cd /usr/local/erlang</pre> - </item> - <item> - <p>Create the <em>installation directory</em> with an appropriate - name. For example:</p> - <pre> -mkdir otp_r7b</pre> - </item> - <item> - <p>Change to the <em>installation directory</em>, e.g.</p> - <pre> -cd otp_r7b</pre> - </item> - <item> - <p>Assuming the compressed tar file resides in the directory - <c><![CDATA[<SOME-DIR>]]></c>,. extract the compressed tar file into the - current directory:</p> - <pre> -gunzip -c <SOME-DIR>/<PREFIX>.tar.gz | tar xfp -</pre> - </item> - <item> - <p>Read the <c>README</c> file in the installation directory for - last minute updates, before proceeding.</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Run the <c>Install</c> script in the installation directory, - with the absolute path of the installation directory as argument,</p> - <pre> -./Install /usr/local/erlang/otp_r7b</pre> - <p>and supply answers to the prompts.</p> - <p>In most cases, there is a default answer in square brackets - (<c>[]</c>). If the default is satisfactory, just press - <c><![CDATA[<Return>]]></c>. In general you are only prompted for one thing:</p> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>"Do you want to use a minimal system startup instead of the - SASL startup?" <br></br> - - In a minimal system, only the Kernel and STDLIB applications - are loaded and started. If the SASL startup is used, the SASL - application is included as well. Normally, the minimal system - is enough.</p> - </item> - </list> - </item> - <item> - <p>Make Erlang/OTP available for users, either by putting the path - <c>/usr/local/erlang/otp_r7b/bin</c> in users <c>$PATH</c> - variable, or link the executable - <c>/usr/local/erlang/otp_r7b/bin/erl</c> accordingly, e.g.:</p> - <pre> -ln -s /usr/local/erlang/otp_r7b/bin/erl /usr/local/bin/erl </pre> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - <section> <title>Windows</title> <section> <title>Introduction</title> - <p>The system is delivered as a single <c>.exe</c> file.</p> - <p>To browse the on-line HTML documentation, Netscape or an equivalent - browser supporting frames is needed.</p> + <p>The system is delivered as a Windows Installer executable. + Get it from our <url href="http://www.erlang.org/download.html">download page</url>.</p> </section> <section> - <title>Installation Procedure</title> + <title>Installation</title> <p>The installation procedure is is automated. Double-click the <c>.exe</c> file icon and follow the instructions.</p> </section> + <section> + <title>Verification</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Start Erlang/OTP by double-clicking on the Erlang shortcut icon on the + desktop.</p> + <p>Expect a command line window to pop up with an output looking something like this:</p> + <pre> + Erlang/OTP 17 [erts-6.0] [64-bit] [smp:2:2] + + Eshell V6.0 (abort with ^G) + 1></pre> + </item> + <item> + <p>Exit by entering the command <c>halt()</c>,</p> + <pre> + 2> <input>halt().</input></pre> + <p>which will close the Erlang/OTP shell. </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> </section> </chapter> |