Title: INSTALLATION freeWAIS-0.1
Authors: Thinking Machines, Jim Fullton, Kevin Gamiel, Jane Smith
Copyright: Copyright 1993 CNIDR
Last update: 04.09.93
Abstract: This file contains installation information for freeWAIS 0.1

Send comments and bug fixes to freeWAIS@cnidr.org
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WARRANTY DISCLAIMER PROVIDED WITH ORIGINAL WAIS
NOTE: Portions of freeWAIS remain unchanged from the original Thinking Machines
distribution. This warranty disclaimer applies to those portions.

This software was created by Thinking Machines Corporation and is distributed 
free of charge.  It is placed in the public domain and permission is granted 
for anyone to use, duplicate, modify and redistribute it.

Thinking Machines Corporation provides absolutely NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND with
respect to this software.  The entire risk as to the quality and performance 
of this software is with the user.  IN NO EVENT WILL THINKING MACHINES 
CORPORATION BE LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR
LOST PROFITS, OR FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

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WARRANTY DISCLAIMER for freeWAIS

This software is a compilation of code from various individuals.
CNIDR (Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and
Retrieval) claims copyright only on the compilation. The software
may be freely distributed, used, and modified but may not be
sold. This software constitutes the WAIS backwards-compatible
module for the forthcoming Z39.50-92 compliant freeWAIS 1.0.

CNIDR provides absolutely NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND with respect to
this software.  The entire risk as to the quality and performance
of this software is with the user.  IN NO EVENT WILL CNIDR BE
LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES RESULTING FROM
LOST DATA OR LOST PROFITS, OR FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

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These are some instructions on installation and building of the software in
this distribution.

To use the software in this release, you must first uncompress and untar
the distribution file.

This will create a directory called freeWAIS-0.1, with a number of
subdirectories.

To build the software, first modify the file freeWAIS-0.1/Makefile according
to the comments to conform to your particular Hardware/Software
architecture.  You will have to set the variable "TOP", as this is not done
automatically. Be sure to comment out the lines that say "comment-me".  Then
simply type "make".

Most of the software will be made automatically, but the X windows user
interface may not be made due to your particular system's installation of
the X windows based software.  This release includes an Imakefile, which
can be used to create a Makefile that includes the locations of the X
software for a particular site.  If you can build an X application, you
should be able to build xwais.

More information on this release can be found in the README file in this
directory.

