Z/Eves (Win2K) Installation

Dr. Mark J. Sebern

Preparation

• Sign the Z/Eves license agreement form and return it to the instructor.
• Copy the SE381ToolsCD directory tree from the installation CD to C:\.

Python/Tcl/Tk

• Open the WinSetup/Python directory in the installation tree.
• Double-click on py152.exe.
• Follow the installation directions, accepting the defaults. Allow it to install Tcl/Tk, also with the default settings.
• Hack alert! - When the installation completes, copy the following files
  from C:\Program Files\Tcl\bin 
  to C:\Program Files\Python\DLLs:
  • tcl80.dll
  • tk80.dll

  The reason for this is to avoid error messages on Z/EVES startup; these two DLLs are not in the system PATH, while the Python subdirectory is. Other alternatives for solving this problem are possible, but this is expedient. (This appears to be a problem in Win2K, but not Win98.)

Z/EVES

• Open the WinSetup/Zeves directory in the installation tree.
• Double-click on z-eves-pc-windows-acl-2.1.exe; unpacked files will appear in the same directory.
• Double-click on setup.exe; follow the installation directions, accepting the suggested file locations.
• Note: if you have not installed Z/EVES before, you may have to reboot before the Z font will work correctly.
• You can start the Z/EVES GUI from the Start menu.

MikTex

• Open the WinSetup/MikTeX23 directory in the installation tree.
• Double-click on setup.exe and follow the installation instructions, accepting defaults ("install", "small", "shared", "create localtexmf", etc.).
• When the installation completes, open the C:\localtexmf directory, create a tex directory; then create a latex directory inside the tex directory. Inside this latex directory, create a directory named Zeves.
• Copy z-eves.sty from C:\Z-EVES\2.1\doc to the C:\localtexmf\tex\latex\Zeves directory.
• From the Start menu, run Programs->MikTeX\MikTeX Options; on the General tab, click on the Refresh Now button for  the file name database. This makes the Z/EVES style file available to the LaTeX processor. When you have done this, close the "options" application.
• To test the operation of the LaTeX processor, open a command window (Programs->Accessories->CommandPrompt).
• Change to the WinSetup/Test directory in the installation tree.
• Type the command: pdflatex facsched-eve to process the facsched-eve.tex input file. (On Win98, it may be necessary to modify the path so the system can find pdflatex.)
• Open the resulting facsched-eve.pdf file with Acrobat Reader.

TeXnicCenter

• Open the WinSetup/TeXnicCenter directory in the installation tree.
• Double-click on the .exe setup file.
• Follow the installation directions.
• When you run TeXnicCenter for the first time, it will ask for some configuration information:
  • Accept MikTeX as the LaTeX processor.
  • Skip the DVI viewer setup.
  • Skip the PS viewer setup.
  • Accept or enter the Acrobat Reader path in the PDF viewer setup.

If you have problems, consult the instructor. If you need to remove the applications, you will have to manually delete the directory trees for localtexmf and Python.

This page was last updated on Wednesday, 10-Sep-2003 13:27:52 CDT.

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