DL Visualize v3 - Installation Instructions

The following systems (and later versions) are supported in this release of DLV.

Linux Installation

  1. Choose and create an installation directory. As an example we will use ~/dlv3 (a directory called dlv3 in your home directory).
    mkdir ~/dlv3
  2. Copy the distribution file to ~/dlv3.
  3. Change directory to ~/dlv3.
    cd ~/dlv3
  4. Unpack the base distribution file.
    bzip2 -dc dlv3-r655-x86_64.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
    If you are doing this as the root user then you probably need to add extra options, such as --no-same-permissions --no-same-owner to the tar command as the file permissions and ownership will probably be wrong for your system. You may also need to set umask 022 before unpacking if you have restricted file permissions and want other users to access the files.
  5. Repeat the previous step for any of the interfaces you also downloaded.
  6. Remove the distribution files
    rm dlv3*.tar.bz2.
  7. Edit the script file, bin/dlv, provided with DLV, setting the DLV_ROOT variable to the value of the installation directory.
    setenv DLV_ROOT ~/dlv3
  8. If you only intend to use the structure creation and viewing features you have now finished, otherwise...
  9. Now run the bin/dlv file to start DLV.
  10. Select the menu Preferences -> Configure menu. On the panel that opens select the applications you wish to use and configure the locations of the programs then use the Save button. This configuration will now be used whenever DLV is started. You will need to have downloaded the interface packages for the programs you select in order for this to work correctly.

Windows Installation

  1. Double click on the Windows installer file to start the installation process. This will require a choice of where you install DLV.
  2. If you only intend to use the structure creation and viewing features you have now finished, otherwise...
  3. Now run DLV by double clicking on the dlv.bat file in the installation folder (or from the shortcut installed on the desktop).
  4. Select the menu Preferences -> Configure menu. On the panel that opens select the applications you wish to use and configure the locations of the programs then use the Save button. This configuration will now be used whenever DLV is started. (Combined DLV/DL_EXCURV packages should already be correctly configured for DL_EXCURV).