If you're installing the binaries prepared by the AceDB development team,
you don't need to run aceinstall.  However, if you want to download
the source and build your own binaries, aceinstall is designed to
automate the process as much as possible.

To install the binaries, use the debian package manager:

dpkg -i acedb_4.9p-1_darwin-powerpc.deb

Make sure the version (the 4.9p-1 bit) is right, of course.


To build and install AceDB:


Run the csh script aceinstall at the command prompt as follows:

	aceinstall <version> <revision> [gtk]
    eg  aceinstall 4.9p 1 gtk
    or  aceinstall 4.9p 1

The script can handle either a dot or underscore in the version, 
but the final result is always a dot, as debion requires that.

If xfree86 etc are already installed, leave off the final "gtk".

If you've done the installation before and the .deb file already exists,
the script will need to know how to proceed.  You can quit, skip to the 
next phase using the existing .deb file or remove the file and proceed 
as for a clean install.

You may be prompted for your password once or twice.  

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Dotter and Blixem: 

With version 4.9u, standalone dotter and blixem programmes
are shipped as a separate distribution on the Mac.  

Acedb is distributed with blixem built-in, but there is also an option
to run it standalone.  Dotter is not part of acedb.

If you want to run blixem standalone or dotter, you'll need to install 
them separately.  The package can be freely downloaded from our website,
www.acedb.org.

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The aceinstall script should do everything for you.  In case it doesn't, 
here are the old instructions.  It's the same as what the script does, 
only you have to do everything by hand. 

If it's broken, please let me know - webmaster@acedb.org.
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To build:

Make a .info file for the latest version using command

mkinfo <version> <revision>


Put the .info file in /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo/database
run fink build acedb
collect .deb from /sw/fink/dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/database

To install:

fink install xfree86-base xfree86-rootless gtk+ readline

Obviously you don't need to to that if they're already there.

dpkg -i acedb_4.9p-1_darwin-powerpc.deb