Unix (GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris), BeOS & Mac OS X
Start a command line shell like Bash. Then extract the binary package. To extract or unpack a package in .tar.gz format use a command line like this:
tar xvzf ucon64-1.9.8-1-linux-bin.tar.gz
Old versions of tar might not support the option z. In that case use a command line like:
gunzip -c ucon64-1.9.8-1-linux-bin.tar.gz | tar xvf -
To unzip a .zip file use a command line like this:
unzip ucon64-1.9.8-1-beos-bin.zip
You should replace the file name with the name of the file you downloaded for your operating system. Unpacking or extracting a package does not have to be done on the command line. You could also use a program with a GUI (Graphical User Interface) like KDE's ark or a similar program.
After you have extracted the package install uCON64 by running the install script. On Unix, if you do not have root access, copy the uCON64 executable to a directory in your PATH. If you do have root access (i.e., know the root password), run the shell script install.sh. On BeOS just run the script install_beos.sh. For Unix do something like this:
cd ucon64-1.9.8-1-linux-bin
./install.sh
By default install.sh will try to copy ucon64 to /usr/local/bin. You can specify another directory by setting the environment variable DESTDIR. On Mac OS X programs are usually installed in the directory /usr/bin. Users of that OS might want to install uCON64 with a command like:
DESTDIR=/usr/bin ./install.sh
For copier I/O BeOS users will need Caz's driver inside ioport.zip or available at http://www.infernal.currantbun.com. You only need this driver if you will use uCON64 for communication with a backup unit. After you have decided whether to download ioport.zip continue on BeOS with:
cd ucon64-1.9.8-1-beos-bin
./install_beos.sh
After the last command a dialog window will come up. Simply follow the instructions.
