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Installation

Since Version 1.5 comeout, the SPICECAD distribution has been split . There is one file, spicecad.RELEASE-VERSION.tar.gz which contains a manual, html manual pages, example files, and on-line help files. Please unpack it with
'gunzip spicecad.RELEASE-VERSION.tar.gz ; tar xvf spicecad.RELEASE-VERSION.tar '
You can untar this file wherever you want. The directory structure created will look like this:

3294 ./spicecad/bin
6290 ./spicecad/doc
72 ./spicecad/examples/lib1
2 ./spicecad/examples/mod1
24 ./spicecad/examples/sppar
172 ./spicecad/examples/lowpass_filter
44 ./spicecad/examples/psk_modulator/lib
244 ./spicecad/examples/psk_modulator
770 ./spicecad/examples
114 ./spicecad/help

The 'bin' directory will contain some small supporting executables, but not the SPICECAD binaries themselves.

The files which contain binaries need to be loaded separately. However, from the same location where you obtained file spicecad.RELEASE-VERSION.tar.gz. Depending on whether you want to use SPICECAD on a PC running Linux or on a SUN workstation running SUNOS or SOLARIS, you need to load one of the following files:
'spicecad.RELEASE-VERSION.linux-elf.tar.gz '
'spicecad.RELEASE-VERSION.sunos.tar.gz '
'spicecad.RELEASE-VERSION.solaris.tar.gz '
Simply gunzip and untar them and you are almost ready to go. To keep things simple, you will want to unzip the appropriate file in directory

./spicecad/bin .

Okay. Now, please modify your PATH variable so that it points to '/SPICECAD_INSTALL_PATH/spicecad/bin '

Next, please modify your '.cshrc' or '.bashrc' - file and create a new environment variable : SPICECAD_HELPDIR. This variable must point to directory '/SPICECAD_INSTALL_PATH/spicecad/help'. The help files were inside the 'tgz' file you have already unpacked. These are called 'help_eng.spi' , 'help_ger.spi' , 'option.help, 'passive.help ' .... For the SPICE3 online help system, a second environment variable,   namely SPICE_HELP_DIR, is needed. This variable must point to the location where the files 'spice.idx' and 'spice.txt' are stored. 'spice.idx' and 'spice.txt' are also inside the tgz file .

   

In order not to complicate matters, these environment variables should be the same.

Now, you are almost ready to run SPICECAD. If you have not set the necessary environment variables yet, SPICECAD will remind you to do so.


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Next: First Steps Up: SPICECAD The Schematic Entry Previous: Introduction
Martin Maschmann
1999-10-10