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5 Installation

Spinner has been made using the Debian GNU/Linux operating system and get be get to work with a minimum of effort for the versions Sarge and Etch, or other linux distro's based on Debian. It depends on the boost libraries, version 1.32 or 1.33, and compiles with g++ versions 4.0 and 3.6. It should be easy to install spinner on any system where these programs are installed.

Install all boost libraries, and thier -dev development headers. Install g++

Then proceed as follows:

     tar -xvzf spinner.tar.gz
     cd spinner/src
     make all
     cp spinner ~/bin/
     cp respin ~/bin/

Here it is assumed that you have a directory '~/bin' which is listed in the $PATH environment variable.

If the compile does not work then you may have to edit the makefile. Choose the right c++ compiler, and make sure the linker can find the libraries linked into the program.

If the project grows then hopefully more information can be added here on how to install on a range of systems.