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GREAT-ER comes with its own set-up program, specifically designed for
the installation of the complete modelling system. It can be found
in the basic directory of the GREAT-ER CD-ROM. It is recommended to
exit all other running applications while installing GREAT-ER on your
computer.
Installation steps (some terms are language dependent and may be
different on your WINDOWS NT 4.0 version:
- 1.
- Insert the GREAT-ER CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Run the setup
program by selecting "Execute" from the WINDOWS NT 4.0 "Start Menu".
Type e.g.
D:\setup.exe
and click the "OK" button. Please note that D has to be
replaced by the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive.
- 2.
- The first dialog appears, showing you the licence text of
GREAT-ER. Please ensure you have carefully read and understood
all terms of the licence agreement. If you agree to the licence
agreement, proceed
with the installation by clicking the "Accept" button. If not,
select "Cancel". The installation will then be aborted and GREAT-ER will not be installed on your system.
Within the following dialogs you can return to a previous
dialog to modify settings by clicking the "Back" button.
- 3.
- Select the type of installation either full installation or
CD-based installation. It is recommended to proceed with the
full installation. The CD-based installation should only be chosen
for evaluation purposes: The required disk space is reduced to the
amount of data resulting from simulation runs; all scripts,
programs and additional data are loaded for a GREAT-ER application
from the CD-ROM. This means the CD-ROM needs to be
inserted in your CD-ROM drive while working with GREAT-ER. On the
other hand, it is not possible to add news substances to the systems
data base or to include further catchments or additional
geo-referenced data.
- 4.
- If you have selected the full installation, the following dialog will
enable you to
specify the directory in which to install GREAT-ER. A directory
can be specified by typing in the path directly or by
browsing through
the directory tree. If you type in a nonexisting
directory, the setup will create it for you. Please note that only
the last directory in a path can be created, new multi-stage
directories are not possible. (E.g. if
C:\programs
is an
existing path, greater and therefore
C:\programs\greater
would be a possible directory for the GREAT-ER installation.
C:\programs\models\greater
would not be allowed if
models is not an existing directory. It has to be created
manually using the Windows NT options before proceed with the
installation.)
- 5.
- For both types of installation a directory to store the scenarios
has to be specified (see below). Restrictions are the same as for
the GREAT-ER installation directory.
- 6.
- A final dialog enables you to review your settings. Click back
to modify your settings or complete the installation.
- 7.
- The set-up evaluates the source files and starts to
install GREAT-ER. Please note that on some systems the progress bar
reporting the process of installation will not function properly.
It is recommended to restart the computer after installation to
ensure correct recognition of new system settings.
- 8.
- For a more practical start, you can create a
link to the GREAT-ER program in any of the start menus program
groups or on the desktop.
The link target should be as follows:
<ArcView path>\arcview.exe %GHOME%\great-er.apr
where <ArcView path> has to be replaced by the path to your
ARCVIEW installation
(e.g. C:\ESRI\AV_GIS30\ARCVIEW\BIN32
).
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F. Koormann & J.-O. Wagner, Institute of Environmental Systems Research, University of Osnabrück