In general, you install products using the VMSINSTAL or the POLYCENTER Software Installation (PCSI) utilities, as described in Chapter 3.

Each product also has its own Installation Guide, which you should consult. For products on the SPL multi-CD set, Installation Guides and other documentation are on the Online Documentation Library (ODL) CDs, which accompany the SPL. To read this documentation, you must install the Bookshelf Navigation Utility (BNU). The BNU installation procedure is explained in the ODL User's Guide (ODL_IG.PS and .TXT) in the [README] directory of the OpenVMS Alpha ODL, disc 1.

The BNU installation installs V3.03 of the Netscape Navigator web browser, which allows you to read documentation in HTML format.

Some products in the SPL are on their own CDs. The following sections explain how to access the Installation Guides for these products.

Documentation is also available on the Internet for some products, in which case the URL is provided.

1.3.1 DIGITAL PATHWORKS 32 Documentation

The documentation for this product is in ASCII text and PostScript formats, on the product CD included in the SPL. It contains the Software Product Description (.txt and .ps), User's Guide (.txt and .ps), and Application Programming Interfaces Manual (.ps only).

Installation information is in the User's Guide.

The CD also includes the eXcursion User's Guide (.ps only).

Print the file README_PRINT_DOCS.TXT, which contains information necessary to print the other documents, as follows. Insert the CD and:

OpenVMS:

Mount the CD. Print the file:

$ PRINT cd-device:[000000]README_PRINT_DOCS.TXT

Windows NT or Windows 95:

Open the file with an application that can read an ASCII text file, such as Notepad, and print it.

Follow the directions in this file to print the documentation. At a minimum, print Part 1 of the User's Guide, which contains the information necessary to install and configure the product.

1.3.2 Netscape Navigator Gold V3.03 Documentation

Installation instructions are in Section 3.5.1 of this document, and in the Netscape Navigator Gold V3.03 for OpenVMS Alpha cover letter.