>> ACEDB for Windows (WinAce) Installation Tip
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>> ACEDB for Windows differs from the UNIX versions in the manner in which
> it is installed upon your Intel PC running Windows '95/'98 or NT 4.0
> First of all, the UNIX ACEDB "INSTALL" script is *not* used to install
> anything under ACEDB for Windows - after all, it is a UNIX script!
>> Rather, you start by obtaining the "self executable" (.exe) WinZip file
> of the latest release from the Sanger Centre or NCBI. This file is run
> like a normal Windows program and installs the software *only* (not the
> data).
>> After successfully installation of the WinAce binary (in, say, the
> c:\acedb directory), you will find a file, winace.html, which is the
> installation "readme" file for WinAce. I shall now be maintaining the
> latest copy of this file at the Sanger Centre, at the URL:
>>http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Users/rbsk/winace.html>> It is useful to read the entire winace.html file for complete information
> on installation and configuration of WinAce.
>> The latest C.elegans database may be installed under Windows by the
> following general process (I know it works - I recently did it on a
> "virgin" PC at the Sanger):
>> 1. FTP all the update.WS6*.tar.Z files to your machine. Remember to
> use the "binary" FTP transfer mode.
>> 2. Uncompress and *sequentially* extract these *directly into* your
> c:\acedb directory (or wherever you wish, as long as proper Window
> shortcut icons are set -- see next item). To do this, you can
> use "WinZip" or some similar Windows PC based file
> archive extractor (I use WinZip, which is very good shareware which
> understands UNIX tar, Z and gz file formats). This process
> should correctly copy all the configuration (c:\acedb\wspec\*.wrm)
> files and binary database (c:\acedb\database\block.wrm etc.) files
> of the WS6 release onto you local system.
>> 3. Run the database from the Windows Start menu. Note: if you use a
> directory name other than c:\acedb for you database, you may
> need to modify the Windows short-cut icons in the start menu, to
> point to your actual database path. See winace.html for details
> (actually, refer to winace.html for troubleshooting hints: most
> configuration issues should be documented there :-)
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Dr. Richard Bruskiewich <rbsk at sanger.ac.uk>
WWW: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Users/rbsk/
Human Analysis/Bioinformatics
The Sanger Centre Tel: +44-(0)1223-834244
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Fax: +44-(0)1223-494919
Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA
United Kingdom
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