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Installing E stl-0.8.9k on Windows

Note: Although E seems to install fine on MSWindows 95, 98 First Edition (FE), NT, and 2000, as explained here, it fails to install on MSWindows 98 Second Edition (SE). This has not yet been definitely diagnosed, but we believe it may be fixed as of this release. Please report any remaining problems or mysterious symptoms.

Installing The Java Runtime

See the Dependencies section for information on obtaining an appropriate version of Java.

Installing E

We do not yet have an uninstaller. If you have installed a previous version of E, you probably should remove the directories "c:/erights.org" and "c:/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/erights.org", and the file "C:/usr/local/bin/e.exe". (If you have no other use for the directory "C:/usr", as is likely, you should remove it as well.)

For MSWindows users, we recommend downloading the zip of E binary distribution.

Unpack the distribution and double click on the file named "setup.exe". If you are unpacking using WinZip, it should notice the existence of a top level setup program and either prompt you to run it directly or provide an enabled "Install" button. Feel free to accept or press the button, or to decline and run Setup.exe yourself.

If the cursor is on the end of this line, just hit Enter. ?    

E Install Dir    C:/Program Files/erights.org
... more installation settings ...

ok?
    (default: "Y") ? _

When Setup runs, it will prompt you in a black MSDOS window for installation information. For all questions, you can accept the default by simply hitting the Enter key. On all systems, it should be safe to accept all the defaults. To install using other than the default settings, answer "n" to the above question, and proceed from there. We do not yet have an Uninstall program.

Once this is done, from your start menu you can start up E by selecting either the "Programs >> erights.org >> e" or the "Programs >> erights.org >>elmer" menu item. See the E Tutorial to make progress from here.