Installation Instructions

VM Labs SDK Internal Release 0.86.2
June 14
, 2001


The VM Labs SDK is supported on both the Windows and Linux environments (see the OS Support documentation for more info). In either environment, you have have your choice of operating the tools either from the network or from your local hard drive. Each of these has advantages, which are described in the following paragraphs.

If this is the first time you have installed the VM Labs SDK, you will want to check the Initial Setup instructions for information on how to configure your environment.

Windows Users Please note that with this release, tcl/Tk is no longer incorporated directly into the VM Labs SDK. This is done to avoid possible conflicts with any existing tcl/Tk installation on your PC. If you do not already have tcl/Tk installed on your system, you can find the self-installing .exe file in $(VMLABS)/bundled/windows/tcl811.exe.

Network Option

This option is not supported for Linux in this release. Installation on your local hard-drive (see below) is required for Linux users of this release of the SDK.

Networked operation installs no files on your workstation. Instead, the SDK files are served up to system from a local server (currently mammoth) on the VM Labs network, either via NFS (for Linux users) or Samba (for Linux and Windows users).

Networked operation of the SDK provides the following advantages:

This option is recommended for engineers working in the VM Labs Mountain View offices.

Performance Note

If you notice sluggishness in the network operation of the SDK, please check the following items:

If you find that you need a new NIC card or hub, or need help configuring your NIC on your OS, please contact the VM Labs system administrators.

Local Option

Local operation the SDK installs files on your local hard drive. At the time you perform the install, these are identical to the files served up for network operation, but you will be required to perform periodic re-installs to remain in sync with the network version.

The local option provides the following advantages

This option should be used only if you are using a laptop or working from a location other than the VM Labs Mountain View offices.

Installation Consistency

A local installation of a given version of the SDK is identical to the network version of the same SDK version. This means that there is no problem with "mixing" installations if you use more than one machine to do your development work. For instance, you could network operation option of the SDK on your office desktop system in Mountain View, and a local operation installationon your laptop for work on the road or at home.

However, it is unsafe to assume that different versions of the SDK will upward/backward/sideways compatible with each other. If you are using a local option installation of the SDK, it is critical that you keep your SDK installation up to date with the latest release of the SDK. Tools are under development to automate this process, but for now you will have to do this manually.

Installing the software

Click on the blue link ball in the table below to access the instructions for the SDK installation option appropriate to your OS.

 

Networked

Local

Windows

Linux


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