Installation

Installation

1. MS Windows
1.1.Installation
1.2. Create Program Group in Start-Menu
1.3. Using a USB drive without installation
1.3. Deinstallation
2. Linux
2.1. Install as single user
2.2. Install as root
2.3. Individuell Installation: settings in AsTher.sys, executable files and database
2.4. Deinstallation
2.5.. Requirement and possible errors

1. MS Windows

1.1.Installation
Copy or extract the AsTher.zip in a directory
for example: C:\.. or C:\ProgramFiles\..

The applications are

1.2. Create Program Group in Start-Menu

Execute the Application \AsTher\bin\Settings.exe

Program Group

3. Using a USB drive without installtion

Database Administration: [USB]:\AsTher\bin\DBAdmin.exe
Pure Substance: [USB]:\AsTher\bin\PureSubst.exe
Reaction:[USB]:\AsTher\bin\Reaction.exe
Equilibrium:[USB]:\AsTher\bin\Equilibm.exe
Recalculator:[USB]:\AsTher\bin\Recalc.exe
Process Calculator for MS Excel:[USB]:\AsTher\bin\XProCalc.exe

When you like links on desktop or a program group for AsTher,
then execute [USB]:\AsTher\bin\settings.exe,
as the picture above shows

4. Deinstallation

2.3.1. Delete all Files in the directory \AsTher\.. and subdirectories
2.3.2. Delete all files in the directory \My Documents\.AsTher
2.3.3. Delete the program group AsTher in the Start Menu, if the program group created

1. Linux

1. Install as single user
Copy or extract the files to your home folder.
/home/"username"/AsTher/

The applications are

Database Administration: AsTherDatabase
Pure Substance: PureSubstance
Reaction: Reaction
Equilibrium: Equilibrium
Recalculator: Recalculator

When you execute an aplication und save user settings in each application, a directory will be created in your home folder as .AsTher in which the settings of the application like temperatur, pressure, graphic colors etc. data will be written.
2. Install as root
Copy or extract the files to
/opt/AsTher/
or
/usr/lib/AsTher/
Create links in the directory /usr/bin for each application: AsTherDatabase, PureSubstance, Reaction, Equilibrium and Recalculator
3. Individuell Installation:
The Files AsTherDatabase, PureSubstance, Reaction, Equilibrium, Recalculator and AsTher.sys
must be in the same directory

    [Application]
      Name=AsTher Thermodynamic Database
      Version=7.0.0.0
      OS=Linux

    ############################################################

    [General]
    # Which file contains datasets: enter absolute or relative path from AsTher.sys

    # Database=$HOME/AsTher/data/db.tdb

      Database=../data/db.tdb

    #

    # Define help index:

      HelpIndex=../help/index.html

    # HelpIndex=https://www.asther.de/en/help/index.html

    #
    # Which application sould be show help files

    # The application must be written in absolute path

    # otherwise: the application path must be in your path

    #            or the application must be linked in /usr/bin/

    # ShowHTby=mozilla
    # ShowHTby=firefox
      ShowHTby=seamonkey

    # ShowHTby=konqueror

    ############################################################

4. Deinstallation
Delete the files in
/AsTher/..
subdirectories
Delete the files in
/home/.AsTher/
5. Requirement, possible errors and solutions
Execute an AsTher application in a terminal and note the error message, when the application con not be execute.
Example: a library may be not installed, for example libgdk_pixbuf.so.2 as following example in KDE envoriment
Solution
log on as root and install install gdk-pixbuf
You can sometimes see following message, even if the application runs