Allegro CL FAQ 1.5: Installation

1.5: Installation

Q 1.5-1) [Windows only] How do I clean out previous installation if I deleted the files without using the proper uninstall method?
Q 1.5-2) [Windows only] If I run cleanreg.exe (see Q 1.5-2) before installing ACL 6.0, can I continue to use ACL 5.0.1?
Q 1.5-3) How do I install source code (I've got the source code license)?
Q 1.5-4) What is needed to install XEmacs on Windows?

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Q 1.5-1) [Windows only] How do I clean out a previous installation if I deleted the files without using the proper uninstall method?

A 1.5-1) [Windows only] Download ftp://ftp.franz.com/pub/misc/cleanreg.zip, unzip it into an empty directory and run the cleanreg.exe program.

If you need an unzip program, see http://www.winzip.com. Be advised that WinZip is a copyrighted program and has restrictions. Please follow them.

Q 1.5-2) [Windows only] If I run cleanreg.exe (see Q 1.5-2) before installing ACL 6.0, can I continue to use ACL 5.0.1?

A 1.5-2) [Windows only] Yes.

Q 1.5-3) How do I install source code (I've got the source code license)?

A 1.5-3) In order to get source code (if your license allows it), you must return the source code license addendum included with the distribution. When that addendum is received, you will be sent a new license which allows installing source code. (If you have questions about this aspect of getting source code, please contact your Franz Inc. Account manager.)

The portion of the Installation Guide that describes how to install source code was mistakenly left out and one file needed to install sources (instsrc.dxl) seems to be corrupted and needs to be updated.

So, here is what you do:

In Allegro CL, run (sys:update-allegro) (see the description of sys:update-allegro).This will cause various files, in particular instsrc.dxl to be downloaded (assuming this has not already happened). Be sure that file is updated before the next step.
On Windows, get a Command or DOS prompt.
On Windows, cd to the Allegro directory (c:\program files\acl60\ or whatever directory you used) in the Command/DOS prompt box.
On UNIX, cd to the Allegro directory (/usr/local/acl60/ whatever directory you used) in a shell.
On Windows, run (by typing its name) srclisp.bat (and also, if appropriate srcclim.bat and srcaodbc.bat). Note that the CG sources are unpacked by srclisp.bat.
On UNIX, run ./srclicp.sh (and also, if appropriate, ./srcclim.sh and ./srcaodbc.sh).

Assuming you have the new license with the source code module included, the encrypted source files in the src/ directory should be unencrypted and expanded so the source code will be located in subdirectories of the src/ directory.

Q 1.5-4) What is needed to install XEmacs on Windows?

A 1.5-4) You must get and install Cygwin utilities version 1.1 (as it says in the readme.txt file in emacs/window/binaries/ directory on CDROM2). The complete utilities are available from http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ or from ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/sourceware/cygwin/latest/.

The minimal installation of Cygwin that will support XEmacs can also be obtained from the Franz Inc. ftp site. You should get these two files:

The (compressed) file cygwin.zip contains these files:

Length     Date   Time   Name 
--------   ----   ----   ---- 
  172032 11-17-00 22:47 ./setup.exe 
  401200 11-29-00 16:17 ./tar/tar-1.13-2.tar.gz 
  272743 11-29-00 16:17 ./shellutils/shellutils.tar.gz 
   91515 11-29-00 16:13 ./gzip/gzip.tar.gz 
  652789 11-29-00 16:07 ./cygwin/cygwin-1.1.6-1.tar.gz 
  274112 11-29-00 16:05 ./bash/bash-2.04-4.tar.gz 
--------                ------- 
 1864391                6 files

As it says in ftp://ftp.franz.com/pub/misc/cygwin/readme.txt, after downloading the files, unzip cygwin.zip and run setup.exe. Doing that will install the files correctly on your computer.

You could also download tar, shellutils, gzip, cygwin and bash (the needed utilities) from the main Cygwin site referenced above, rather than use the ones from our ftp site.