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updated 2005.2.1

Installing SpiceOpus for Windows 95/98/NT

After downloading the zip file extract it into the temporary directory of your choice. Then run setup.exe. The installation script will ask you where would you like to install SpiceOpus and will copy all the files there for you. It will also add the SpiceOpus executable and a link to this documentation to Start/Programs menu. After the installation is complete you can delete the temporary directory.

The directory where you installed SpiceOpus should contain following subdirectories:
bin directory with executable files
the spice3 simulator and the cmpp code model source preprocessor
documentation documentation files in html format
examples example circuit files
lib library files
scripts (lib/scripts), help files (lib/helpdir), precompiled code models (lib/cm) and sources of precompiled code models (lib/cmsource/)
xsource/include include files for compiling code models
template template files for building and compiling code models

Several environment variables can be set to direct SpiceOpus where to search for files. Those variables are:
OPUSHOME path to the SpiceOpus home directory
  (default: c:/spiceopus)
SPICE_EXEC_DIR path to the executable directory,
valid only if OPUSHOME variable is not defined,
otherwise SPICE_EXEC_DIR = OPUSHOME/bin
  (default: c:/spiceopus/bin)
SPICE_LIB_DIR path to the library directory,
valid only if OPUSHOME variable is not defined,
otherwise SPICE_LIB_DIR = OPUSHOME/lib
  (default: c:/spiceopus/lib)
SPICE_LOCK_NAME lock file name
  (default: lock)
SPICE_HELP_DIR path to the help directory
  (default: SPICE_LIB_DIR/helpdir,
  or if SPICE_LIB_DIR not defined: c:/spiceopus/lib/helpdir)
SPICE_SCRIPTS path to the scripts directory
  (default: SPICE_LIB_DIR/scripts,
  or if SPICE_LIB_DIR not defined: c:/spiceopus/lib/scripts)
SPICE_PATH path to the main SpiceOpus program
  (default: SPICE_EXEC_DIR/spice3,
  or if SPICE_EXEC_DIR not defined: c:/spiceopus/bin/spice3)
SPICE_EDITOR path to the editor of your choice
  (default: c:/windows/notepad.exe)
If you move any group of files to some other location you should change the appropriate environment variable.

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