% Installation instructions for The Numerical Methods with MATLAB Toolbox % % See also: Readme.m % www.me.pdx.edu/~gerry/nmm % www.prenhall.com/recktenwald % % Installation: % ------------ % % 1. Download the complete NMM archive in a form compatible with % your computer from % % www.prenhall.com/recktenwald % or % www.me.pdx.edu/~gerry/nmm % % 2. Unpack the archive and copy its entire contents to a suitable % place on the hard drive of your computer. The definition of % "suitable place" depends on whether or not you can install MATLAB, % and copy files into the MATLAB home directory on your computer. % If you are running MATLAB from a server (e.g. a unix host or % PC-based file server) then you should consult your system administrator % or follow step 4., below. If you are running MATLAB on a % personal computer *and* MATLAB is installed on that computer, % *and* you can copy files into the MATLAB home directory, then % follow the instructions in step 3 below. % % 3. For users with access to the MATLAB home directory % % a. Create a directory called "nmm" in the MATLAB Toolbox directory % b. Unpack the archive and copy all the directories and files to % the newly created nmm directory. Keep the directories in the % archive intact! There is no need (unless you are organizationally % challenged or obsession averse) to put all the files into % one nmm directory. % c. Start MATLAB (or restart it if it was running while you installed % the nmm toolbox files) % d. Using the MATLAB path browser, add the nmm directory and all of % its subdirectories to the default path. Consult the documentation % that came with MATLAB on how to use the path browser. % e. Verify the installation by enterring the following commands at the % command prompt % % >> help nmm % >> info nmm % >> nmmCheck(0) % % The response to the "help nmm" command should be a list of all % nmm toolbox files. The response to the "info nmm" command % should be a listing of the readme.m file. The response to % "nmmCheck(0)" should be a summary print out of the number and % types of files in the NMM toolbox. % % % 4. For users without access to the MATLAB home directory, show the following % instructions to your system administrator. Once the system administrator % sets up the network version of the NMM Toolbox, all of the toolbox % files will be automatically available to all users. % % Set-up instructions for the system administrator: % % a. Create a directory called "nmm" in the MATLAB Toolbox directory % b. Unpack the archive and copy all the directories and files to % the newly created nmm directory. Keep the directories in the % archive intact! % c. Edit the pathdef.m file by adding the contents of the nmmPathDef.m % file in the root directory of the NMM archive. The pathdef.m file % is in the MATLABHOME/toolbox/local directory of the MATLAB installation. % The MATLABHOME directory is the root directory of the installation % d. Log on as a generic user, launch MATLAB, and run % % >> help nmm % >> info nmm % >> nmmCheck(0) % % The response to the "help nmm" command should be a list of all % nmm toolbox files. The response to the "info nmm" command % should be a listing of the readme.m file. The response to % "nmmCheck(0)" should be a summary print out of the number and % types of files in the NMM toolbox. % % e. Tell network users how to configure their account according to local % customs: % % (i) Unix users may want to create a MATLAB subdirectory and % add shell scripts so that MATLAB starts up in that directory % (ii) Windows users may want to add MATLAB to the start menu % and/or create an icon on the desktop. In either case the % ``start in'' directory of the icon properties should probably % be a user directory containing handy configuration scripts. % % ---------------------------------