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Installing and Activating the ASTAware Search Engine

Unix/Linux Users:

In addition to navigating the Digital Archive through the indexes, you can search for keywords in the text of the articles using the ASTAware search engine. The CD-ROM set comes with one license for the ASTAware SearchDisc search engine software (henceforth, ASTAware search engine) licensed from ASTAware Technologies Inc. To use the ASTAware search engine, you must first install it once on your hard drive. Please check the CD-ROM 0 contents for the exact location of the ASTAware installation software. Please refer to the licensing agreement before you install the ASTAware search engine.

Before you proceed, please

  • Please check that you are running Sun Solaris Unix or Linux (Red Hat) with Netscape 4.5 or higher.
  • Make sure that Java JDK is installed. Make sure that you install the Java JDK (version 1.1.8 or higher) before using the search engine. If you don't have it already, you can download it from http://www.javasoft.com.
  • If you have previous installations of the ASTAware search engine on your local hard drive, please uninstall them.

Installation

  • Insert the CD-ROM 0 containing the ASTAware installation software. After inserting the CD-ROM, you must mount the CD-ROM drive (for example, mount /dev/hdd /cdrom). If you don't know the name of your CD-ROM device, try using dmesg to find it. Many Solaris systems will mount the CD-ROM automatically under /cdrom.
  • Once the CD-ROM is mounted, copy the installer file, Install.tar, on to your hard drive from the root directory of the CD-ROM.
  • Untar the file Install.tar.
  • Run the SDUInstallerS.bin to install the ASTAware search engine on your hard drive.
  • Follow the instructions provided by the ASTAware installer.
  • Choose a directory to install the ASTAware search engine and the search index. Make sure that you have about 300 MB of available space under this directory.
  • Specify the path to the CD-ROM that you will use to read the CD-ROMs in the Digital Archive. For example, on some Solaris machines it is /cdrom/cdrom0 and on some others it is /mnt/cdrom.
  • Press Install to start the installation of the ASTAware search engine and the search index. This operation may take several minutes as the installer will copy about 300 MB of data from the CD-ROM onto your hard drive.
  • You should get a message that the installation is successfully completed.

Activating the ASTAware Search Engine

  • To activate the ASTAware search engine, run the program searchdisc-unix.sh. You will find this program under the directory SearchDisc/SDCDSearch/astaware where you installed the ASTAware search engine.
  • The ASTAware search engine will be activated. You will be asked for a path where ASTAware can store temporary files. You will then be asked to confirm the CD-ROM path (/cdrom/cdrom0 or /mnt/cdrom or other pathname). A small window containing an ASTAware SearchDisc logo will appear. Leave this window open (you can minimize it as well). If you close this window, you will not be able to use the search function.
  • Start your browser and load the file, index.htm, from the top level directory of any desired CD-ROM containing the content.
  • Once the CD-ROM is inserted in the drive, you can then press the Enter link in your browser. This brings up the Digital Archive interface along with search facilities.
  • Please read the Section on Searching the Content Using the Search Engine for conducting your searches.
  • If you want to use the CD-ROM without the ASTAware search engine, shutdown the ASTAware search engine by clicking on the "shutdown" message in the small ASTAware SearchDisc window. You can use the CD-ROM without the search engine by opening the file start.htm in your browser.
  • If you need to change the CD-ROM to access DjVu files that are not on the current CD-ROM, please follows the platform-specific instructions for changing CD-ROMs.