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Installing/Uninstalling SlickEdit® |
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Use the information below to install SlickEdit on your Microsoft® Windows®, Linux®, UNIX®, or Mac OS® X platform. Prior to installation, be sure to check the system requirements found on the SlickEdit product page.
| NOTE When you start SlickEdit for the first time after an installation, several dialog boxes may automatically appear that require action. See Running SlickEdit for the First Time (below) for more information. |
When you place the CD in the drive, the setup program starts automatically. Use the setup wizard to complete the installation. To start setup if it does not start automatically, or if you are installing a downloaded product, double-click the .msi file to start the setup.
| NOTE The Windows installer will not allow you to install more than one copy of SlickEdit with the same version number on the same machine. For example, you can have SlickEdit v12.0.3 and SlickEdit 2008 installed, but you cannot install two copies of SlickEdit 2008. To create a second installation, copy the installation directory to another location. |
Complete the following steps to install SlickEdit on a computer running Linux or UNIX:
1. Mount the CD-ROM block device to a local directory. To prevent file name casing issues on HP-UX®, use the -o cdcase option when mounting.
2. At an xterm or full-screen prompt, change to the applicable UNIX platform directory on the CD-ROM (where <cdrom> is your CD-ROM mount point):
• AIX - <cdrom>/aix/rs6000
• HP-UX - <cdrom>/hpux/hp9000
• IRIX® - <cdrom>/irix
• Linux x86 - <cdrom>/linux/x86
• Solaris™ Sparc® - <cdrom>/solaris/sparc
• Solaris x86 - <cdrom>/solaris/x86
3. Start the installation at the prompt: # ./vsinst
Complete the following steps to install SlickEdit on a computer running Mac OS X:
1. Ensure that X11 is fully installed on your system (see the Note below).
2. Browse to the mac folder on the product CD.
3. Double-click slickedit.dmg . A disk image is mounted, with Finder™ displaying the contents.
4. Double-click slickedit.pkg , and the installation process begins.
The default installation path is /Applications.
After installing SlickEdit, if you want to use SlickEdit keyboard shortcuts instead of X11 shortcuts, you will need to disable X11 keyboard shortcuts. See "Mac OS X" in the Help > Index for instructions.
NOTE SlickEdit runs as an X11 application, so X11 must be installed prior to installing SlickEdit. To check if X11 is installed, select Finder > Applications > Utilities. A file named X11.app should exist at this location. Otherwise, you will need to install X11 from your OS X installation CD:
1. Using installation disk 1, run the Optional Installs.mpkg utility.
2. At the Install Type phase, expand the Applications tree and select X11.
3. Continue with the X11 installation.
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The first time SlickEdit is started after an installation, several dialog boxes may be automatically launched that require action:
| NOTE For Mac OS X, SlickEdit requires a one-time background caching of the font list. This will take a few minutes, after which SlickEdit will start normally. |
• Release Notes - The SlickEdit dialog displays the Release Notes for this version. The Program Information tab contains the serial number, version, and other details about your product. This information is used by Product Support should a problem arise (the Copy to Clipboard button is useful in this case). The License Agreement tab displays the "End User License Agreement" (EULA). Information about contacting SlickEdit is shown on the Contact Information tab. The SlickEdit dialog can be displayed at any time from within SlickEdit by selecting Help > About SlickEdit.
• Emulation - The process of imitating another program is called "emulation". SlickEdit provides emulations of key bindings for 13 editors, so that you can use the style to which you are accustomed. You can use the default (CUA) emulation or select another. If you are upgrading, your emulation is remembered and this dialog does not appear. The emulation can be changed from within SlickEdit by selecting Tools > Options > Keyboard > Emulation.
• Create Tag Files for Run-Time Libraries - This dialog prompts for tag generation. Context Tagging® is required so that the most powerful features in SlickEdit will work, such as Code Navigation and Symbol Browsing. To use the default code base directories and tag file destination paths for C, C++, Java, and .NET, click Create tag file(s). To tag source files for other languages, some configuration is required. For more information, see "Building and Managing Tag Files" in the SlickEdit Help > Index.
| NOTE In order for SlickEdit to help you work more quickly and efficiently (such as using Code Navigation and Symbol Browsing mentioned above), it is important to create these tag files. This may take several minutes, depending on the size of your code base. You can create tag files at any time by clicking the Auto Tag button on the Context Tagging® - Tag Files dialog (Tools > Tag Files). |
• Cool Features - The Cool Features dialog displays information about some of the best SlickEdit features and contains options for viewing feature settings, getting help on a feature, and viewing a demo of the feature. There is also an option labeled Show on startup. Clear this option if you do not want to see the Cool Features dialog each time SlickEdit is launched. You can display Cool Features anytime from within SlickEdit by selecting Help > Cool Features.
To remove SlickEdit from your computer, use the information below specific to your platform.
| NOTE Uninstalling SlickEdit does not automatically remove the user configuration directory. |
If your computer is running Windows, complete the following steps to uninstall SlickEdit:
1. From the Windows Control Panel, open Add or Remove Programs.
2. Click Change or Remove Programs.
3. Select the SlickEdit installation that you want to remove.
4. Click Change/Remove or Remove. This will delete the installation directory as well as any registry settings. You may be prompted to reboot for the changes to take effect. (Alternatively, double-click on the original .msi installation file, located on the product CD or in your product installation download, and select Remove.)
To uninstall SlickEdit on a computer running Linux or UNIX, simply delete the installation directory.
To uninstall SlickEdit on a computer running Mac OS X, open the Application folder, and drag the SlickEdit icon to the Trash, then empty the Trash.
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