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This file describes how to run the installation program for POV-Ray for
MS-Dos. It is not the full documentation for the program.
These procedures assume you have a basic knowledge of how to work with
directories and files under dos. It assumes you know what the dos path is
and how to edit your autoexec.bat file to change the path. The install
program will offer to do it for you but if something goes wrong you may
need to change it yourself. If you do not have knowledge about directories,
paths, batch files or editors, your local bookstore has many tutorial books
available that will help you. Don't be intimidated by the insulting titles
of such books. The only true "dummies" are those who give up trying.
You should have obtained this file from a self-extracting archive called
POVMSDOS.EXE or something very similar. If you followed its banner
instructions, you created a temporary directory and ran the self-extraction
there. It should have created at least the following files:
If any of these files are missing, you have received an incomplete package.
Please notify the place where you obtained this package that distribution
of an incomplete package is a violation of our license in the file
POVLEGAL.DOC and makes them subject to litigation.
Type the word INSTALL and press [ENTER]. This will run the program
INSTALL.EXE which will ask you for the drive and directory where POV-Ray
is actually to be installed. It will decompress the compressed files.
It will offer to update your path in your autoexec.bat for you.
You will have to re-boot your computer so the new path will take effect.
If you do not want POV-Ray installed in your path then you have other
options which are described in POVMSDOS.DOC which will appear in the
installed directory.
If the sample scenes work with no problem, you may delete the all of the
files in this temporary directory. Specifically these files are no longer
needed:
POVMSDOS.ZIP INSTALL.DOC INSTALL.EXE INSTALL.001 EXTERNAL.LNG
FILE_ID.DIZ
You should probably keep POVMSDOS.EXE around in case you ever need to
re-install the program.