Getting and installing IO
IndexOffice software is currently available for any Operating System that supports Java (JDK1.3 or higher). If you do not use Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME and you want to use IndexOffice you need to have JDK1.3 (or higher) installed on your computer. Information on how to download and install JDK can be found at http://www.javasoft.com/.
- Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME.
If you have a version of Index Office that comes with Java Runtime Environment (JRE), then you have out-of-the-box solution for Windows and you do not need to do anything after installation. Otherwise, you need to edit file jdk.config located in "C:\IO\bin". The only line you need to change is
"javapath %JAVA_HOME%/bin/java".
It should point to your java.
- UNIX.
You need to set up the environment variables
JAVA_HOME and PION_ROOT.
If your shell is bash or korn and jdk is located at
"/usr/local/jdk1.3" and IndexOffice is installed in "/home/devel/", then
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.3
export PION_ROOT=/home/devel/IOv1.3
will set the environment variables JAVA_HOME and PION_ROOT.
If you have C-shell, then
set JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.3
set PION_ROOT=/home/devel/IOv1.3
will do the job. You can put the corresponding lines in your shell profile in order to have everything in place when you login to your account.
Now you are ready to use IndexOffice software. For UNIX users IndexOffice is started with command pion which is in the bin-directory of the distribution. When it starts the first time it presents the license together with the text field for the authorization key. After typing the authorization key ("free") in the corresponding text field, reading the license and pushing the button "I accept", one can start using PION.
The following steps summarize the installation of Index Office.
- Download Index Office.
For Windows (95/98/NT/2000/ME)
IOPlus.exe
Follow the instructions during the installation. Index Office will be installed in "C:\IO". If you change the installation directory, then you need to edit the line "vmparam -Duser.home=C:/IO" in the file "run.config" located in Index Office bin-directory.
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