
                             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
       
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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)
