* Writing program documentation is not my forte. I'm sorry if this doesnt make * any sense. * Curphoo WWW: http://www.waduck.com/~curphoo/ * Mirror: http://www.akind.com/curphoo * -kc: http://www.frogcement.com/curphoo DEPENDANCIES: * Python2.0 or newer from http://www.python.org * Ncurses-5.0-990918 or newer from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses * NOTE: older versions of ncurses *may* work but are not tested as i * dont have a machine with ncurses older than ncurses-5.0-990918 * Aboot 500K of disk space after everything is compiled and files placed in your * $HOME directory. INSTALL: * Just unpack the tarball in your home dir, ie: :~$ tar zxvf curphoo-xxx.tar.gz :NOTE xxx is your current version of Curphoo. * cd to the newly created curphoo-xxx-kc directory * Edit the top line of the file src/curphoo.py with your favorite text editor. * have it point to your python/python2.0/python2.1/python2.2 interpreter, you can * find where python is installed on your system many ways, here are just a few: :~$ which python -OR- :~$ whereis python :~$ echo $PATH * if /usr/local/bin is not in your path, place the sym-link in a directory that is in * you path with a command like this: :~$ ln -s /path/to/curphoo.py /path/in/your/path which translates to: :~$ ln -s /home/USERNAME/curphoo.xxx/curphoo.py /usr/local/bin/curphoo * if you get a permission denied error, execute the same command as root. * Finally run the install_manpage.sh shell script as root to install the man page like so: :~$ su :~$ :~$ ./install_manpage.sh :~$ exit * please Please PLEASE!! read the man page and other documentation in the docs dir * before emailing the authors or asking for help in a chat room, *most* questions * have already been answered in the manpage/docs. OTHER: * User defined macros: please see the file CPmacros.py in the docs directory. Bug reports: * These are most welcome. Bug fixes, features: * These are most welcome too. * Please report bugs, feature requests to either, the_cpu_fan@yahoo.com -OR- slak_hack@yahoo.com * Thanks!