Chapter 1 - Installing HTMLDOC

This chapter describes the steps needed to install the commercial version of HTMLDOC on your system. If you are installing HTMLDOC from source code, please see Appendix D, Compiling HTMLDOC from Source.

Requirements

HTMLDOC requires approximately 4MB of disk space and one of the following environments:

• Microsoft Windows^® 2000 or higher
• MacOS^® X 10.2 or higher
• Linux^® 2.4 or higher
• Solaris^® 7 or higher

HTMLDOC may run on other platforms, however we do not provide packages for platforms other than those listed.

Installing HTMLDOC

The following instructions describe how to install the HTMLDOC software on your system.

Installing HTMLDOC on Microsoft Windows

HTMLDOC is provided as a Microsoft installer file under Windows. Insert the CD or double-click on the htmldoc icon in the Explorer window to install HTMLDOC under Windows using the Microsoft software installation wizard (Figure 1-1).

Figure 1-1: The Microsoft software installation wizard

Installing HTMLDOC on MacOS X

Double-click on the Install icon in the Finder window to start the software installation wizard (Figure 1-2) and follow the installer prompts.

Figure 1-2: The software installation wizard

Installing HTMLDOC on Linux

Double-click on the htmldoc-linux-intel.rpm icon or run the following command to install HTMLDOC on Linux:

    rpm -i htmldoc-linux-intel.rpm ENTER

Installing HTMLDOC on Solaris

Run the following command to install HTMLDOC on Solaris SPARC:

    pkgadd -d htmldoc-solaris-sparc.pkg ENTER

Run the following command to install HTMLDOC on Solaris Intel:

    pkgadd -d htmldoc-solaris-intel.pkg ENTER

Licensing HTMLDOC

Before you can use HTMLDOC, you must license it. When you first run HTMLDOC, the license dialog (Figure 1-3) will appear.

Figure 1-3 - The HTMLDOC License Dialog

Click on the Update License button to show the license manager window (Figure 1-4).

Figure 1-4 - The HTMLDOC License Dialog

Enter the license key that was emailed to you or came on the inside of the HTMLDOC CD-ROM case and click on the OK button. Click on the Close button to start using the software.

Uninstalling HTMLDOC

The following instructions describe how to remove the HTMLDOC software from your system.

Uninstalling HTMLDOC on Microsoft Windows

Open the Control Panel window and double-click on the Add/Remove Software icon. When the available software list is displayed, select HTMLDOC and click on the Remove button.

Uninstalling HTMLDOC on MacOS X

Double-click on the Uninstall icon in the Finder and follow the prompts.

Uninstalling HTMLDOC on Linux

Run the following command to remove HTMLDOC from your Linux system:

    % rpm -e htmldoc ENTER

Uninstalling HTMLDOC on Solaris

Run the following command to remove HTMLDOC from Solaris:

    % pkgrm htmldoc ENTER