To determine which version of ArcView you are currently using, click on the About ArcView option under the Help menu.
The following chart provides information about the system requirements
for installing and using ArcView and ArcPress for ArcView on UNIX workstations.
| Platform | Operating System | Window Manager | Minimum Memory* | Swap Space* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalTM UNIX | Digital UNIX v4.0 | CDE or Motif® | 64 MB | 75 MB |
| HP® 9000/700 | HP-UX® 10.20 (700 series, 8x7 series) | CDE or HP VUE® | 32 MB | 100 MB |
| IBM® RS/6000TM | AIX® 4.1.4 (RTE-supplied by ESRI) | CDE or AIX Windows® Rev.4.1.4.0 | 32 MB | 64 MB |
| SGI® | IRIXTM 6.2, with patches SG0001717, SG0002086, SG0002161, SG0002044, and 6.2_POSIX set.** | 6.2 (based on OSF/Motif 1.2.4) | 64 MB | 100 MB |
| SUNTM Solaris® 2.x | Solaris 2.5 (SunOSTM 5.5) | CDE | 32 MB | 100 MB |
1. Insert the ArcPress Version 2.0 for ArcView GIS Version 3.1 CD in your CD-ROM drive.
2. Then become root user (excluding Solaris® 2.x, and IRIXTM 6.x).
% su
You will be prompted for your root user password. If you do not know this password, contact your system administrator.
3. If a cdrom directory does not exist, you can create one using the following:
# mkdir /cdrom
4. To mount the ArcPress CD, use one of the following based on your installation platform (where <dev> stands for the CD-ROM device):
Digital UNIX
mount -t cdfs -r -o nodefperm,noversion
/<dev> /cdrom
HP 9000/700
mount -F cdfs -ocdcase /<dev> /cdrom
(or use sam)
IBM RS/6000
mount -v 'cdrfs' -p'' -r'' /<dev>
/cdrom (or use smit)
SGI
IRIX 6.x automatically mounts the CD as /CDROM
Solaris 2.x
includes the Volume ManagementTM
software that automatically
mounts the CD, providing immediate access to your CD-ROM.
5. At this point, the ArcPress CD is mounted. Before installing ArcPress for ArcView from the CD, exit root user mode:
# exit
6. The "install" command has four options from which to select:
Usage: install <-help | -load |
-remove | -verify>.
Type "install -help" to read more about the installation procedure.
7. To start the ArcPress CD installation for your platform, go to your $AVHOME location and create a new directory called "arcpress", then move up a directory level -
% setenv AVHOME /<arcview3_install_directory>/arcview3
% cd $AVHOME
% mkdir arcpress
% cd ..
Note: You will need to have write permission to your $AVHOME directory.
8. Type one of the following based on your installation platform:
Digital UNIX
/cdrom/osf/install -load
HP 9000/700
/cdrom/hpux/install -load
IBM RS/6000
/cdrom/ibm/install -load
SGI
/CDROM/sgi/install -load
Solaris 2.x
/cdrom/cdrom0/solaris2/install -load
This starts the dialog for the menu-driven installation procedure. Default selections are noted in brackets [ ]. Do not accept the default CD-ROM mount point when installing ArcPress. The CD-ROM mount point should read as follows:
/cdrom/<platform>
/cdrom/cdrom0/solaris (Solaris
2.x only)
The path name you specify as the ArcPress installation directory should be the same as the path for your arcview3 directory and cannot contain any uppercase letters.
To obtain a list of options or online help, type "?" at any prompt.
You can quit the installation procedure at any time by typing quit or "q".
To return to a previous question, type a caret, "^".
Optional installation component
The install procedure will give you an option to install the sample print files. The sample print files installation option provides an ArcView Color Test Chart rasterized for each ArcPress supported printer. This installation option requires approximately 28 MB disk space. For more information about these print files, see the ArcPress help topic "Configuring your printer for a workstation /Testing your setup."
Sample raster files (all prints are size 8.5" x 11")
Temporary space is the location on the disk where scratch files are created while the rasterization process is running. These files are removed when the rasterization process is completed. As a general rule, you will need a location that contains at least four times the size of the input file being processed. Once you have checked to see if you have adequate temporary file space available, you can specify the location for temporary files in oyur .cshrc file.
If you do not include an APRESSTMPDIR, temporary files will be written to your /tmp directory.
setenv APRESSTMPDIR /<path_to_temp_space>/
where <path_to_temp_space> is the full UNIX pathname to the directory containing the available space. This line must end with the slash (/) character.
2. Setting environment variables in your .cshrc.
3. Setting the HOME variable.
The HOME environment variable ($HOME) must be set to a writable directory in your .cshrc file. When you start ArcView, a warning message will appear if the HOME environment variable is not set.
4. Setting the LIBRARY PATH variable.
All UNIX platforms need to set the LIBRARY PATH to include the ArcView lib directory:
* Note ArcPress Version 2.0 for ArcView on the Solaris2
platform is only supported in the CDE environment. Please ensure that CDE
is installed on your Solaris2 workstation before using ArcPress.
5. Then, at the UNIX prompt,
% xhost +
Note You cannot start ArcView and ArcPress for ArcView until the license manager is running.
For more information about setting up the license manager, please refer to the ArcView GIS Version 3.1 Installation Guide for UNIX (av30binstall.html) located in your $AVHOME/avdocs directory or the ArcView GIS Version 3.1 CD . For a detailed discussion of the license manager, refer to the License Manager's Guide included in your ArcView 3.1 package.
The license manager software is distributed with ArcView. The files are located under the $AVHOME/sysgen directory.
SERVER siddhartha
5500439b 1700
DAEMON ESRI
$AVHOME/sysgen/ESRI
FEATURE ArcView3
ESRI 1.000 1-jan-00 200 B2EF061B26BCDC05F17D
""
FEATURE AVArcPress1 ESRI 1.000
1-jan-00 200 ABCE90A16C1C3310DCFD ""
The first line identifies the name and FLEXlm hostid of the workstation (in this case, siddhartha) on your network that will be the server for the license manager (the node from which the license manager daemons will run).
The second line identifies the license daemon for ArcView and its location. The following lines specify the product or features that are to be licensed (e.g., ArcView GIS Version 3.x and ArcPress for ArcView) the name of the daemon that manages the licenses (ESRI), application daemon version (1.000), the time-out date for the product (1-jan-00), the number of users (200), and a keycode for the product. Each line is called a FEATURE line.
Note: Even though you're installing ArcPress Version 2.0 for ArcView GIS Version 3.1, the application daemon version in line 3 will still read 1.000.
1. The hostname is obtained with the command:
% hostname
2. The FLEXlm hostid is obtained with the command:
% $AVHOME/sysgen/lmutil lmhostid
2. Mail, fax, or E-mail the completed form to Customer Service.
Fax number: 909-335-1716
E-mail address: keycodes@esri.com.
% cd $AVHOME/sysgen
% . /adminlicense
Once you have updated the license.dat file with the new feature line, update the daemons.
% $AVHOME/sysgen/lmutil lmreread -c $AVHOME/sysgen/license.dat
When the extension is loaded, an ArcPress menu choice is added to the view and layout File menus and an ArcPress button is added to the view and layout button bars.
2. Create a view or layout document, add data, graphics, etc.
3. Click the ArcPress icon or select ArcPress from the File menu. An Enhanced PostScript file is written to your temporary directory and loaded into ArcPress.
4. Use your right mouse button to select either a different Printer (for direct printing or print-to-file) or a Bitmap format (for bitmap export). ArcPress will automatically name your output file with an extension that correlates with the driver you choose. For example, if you choose to export to a PCX file, the filename will be your_input_filename.pcx.
When printing, ArcPress will automatically select the correct Queue which correlates with your printer. This is set in the $AVHOME/arcpress/etc/arcpress.dev file. See the "Before you start ArcPress" section under "Using ArcPress for raster printing and exporting" in the ArcPress on-line help for more details.
When exporting, ArcPress will automatically gray out the Printer and Queue fields.
You may also select other Page Layout, Image and Color options by clicking the Layout , Image, and Color buttons.
% avpress your_postscript_input_file
To start ArcPress at the command line (useful for batch processing), simply type the following:
% arcpress
This will display the usage. For more information about using ArcPress at the command line, see "Using ArcPress at the command prompt" under "Using ArcPress for raster printing and exporting" in the on-line help.
To start ArcPress On-line Help
ArcPress for ArcView comes with a separate on-line help
system to help you learn the software.
To start the help, use the following command:
% setenv HHHOME $AVHOME/hyperhelp
% $AVHOME/hyperhelp/bin/hyperhelp
-f $AVHOME/arcpress/help/avpress.hlp
You can set an alias for this command in your .cshrc file:
alias apresshelp \$AVHOME/hyperhelp/bin/hyperhelp -f $AVHOME/arcpress/help/avpress.hlp
ArcView's on-line Help provides detailed information on how to contact ESRI Technical Support with any of your questions or comments. You can access this information by looking at the section "Obtaining technical support" from ArcView on-line help under the "Need more help" booklet that can be found on the Contents page.
All questions and comments should be forwarded to ESRI Technical Support -
Our site also offers an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server. Our chat server will allow you to network with other ArcView users and participate in scheduled "on-line conferences", all in real time. The chat server is available at www.esri.com/chat.