README file for XITE This document provides some basic information about XITE (X-based Image processing Tools and Environment) and describes the files needed to install the software. Contents * XITE on the World Wide Web * XITE on anonymous ftp * XITE dependencies * Files * Available platforms _________________________________________________________________ XITE on the World Wide Web There is a World Wide Web home page for XITE. You can reach it with a program such as Mosaic, Netscape or Lynx, using the URL http://www.ifi.uio.no/~blab/Software/Xite. XITE on anonymous ftp XITE is available with anonymous ftp from ftp.ifi.uio.no (presently 129.240.64.21) in /pub/blab/xite. Remember to use binary transfer mode for the files with extension .Z or .gz. XITE dependencies * The X Window System, Version 11, Release 5 or higher. * A PseudoColor or GrayScale 8-plane, or DirectColor or TrueColor 24-plane visual. PseudoColor or DirectColor is preferable. * For conversion between XITE BIFF image files and TIFF files: An ANSI C compiler, like GNU gcc. Files Most of these files are also contained in xite.tar.gz (and xite.tar.Z). They will be placed in the etc and etc/.install directories below the XITE home directory during installation. * Read before installing XITE WHAT_IS_XITE Read this to see whether you want to install XITE at your site. FUNC_PROG_LIST One-line summaries of manual page descriptions for XITE programs, functions and BIFF file format. CHANGES A list of changes between versions. BUGS A list of known bugs. COPYRIGHT The XITE Copyright notice (XITE is free software). * Needed to install XITE REGISTER Register your copy of XITE by completing this and mailing it to xite-register@ifi.uio.no (XITE is free software). README.INSTALL A condensed description of how to install XITE. SysAdmManual.ps.Z A more thorough description of how to install XITE. install_xite The shell script which installs XITE. xite.tar.gz This contains all the source files, manual pages, example images, data, scripts, User's Manual, Programmer's Manual and System Administrator's Manual. xite.tar.Z Same as xite.tar.gz, but compressed with "compress" instead of "gzip". If you have "gzip", then don't get xite.tar.Z. * Miscellaneous VERSION XITE version number. bugReport Template for issuing bug reports. Available platforms XITE should run on the following platforms - AIX (IBM RS 6000 AIX 4.1.3) - IRIX (Silicon Graphics IRIX 5.x) - IRIX64 (Silicon Graphics IRIX 6.x, 64-bit architecture) - Linux486 (For PC with Intel i486) - Linux586 (For PC with Intel i586 (Pentium)) - Linux (For other Linux platforms) - OSF1 (Dec alpha AXP OSF/1 V4.0) - SunOS5 (Solaris 2.5) - SunOS (SunOS 4.1.3) - ULTRIX (DecStation ULTRIX V4.4)