Installing and downloading OSS 395b (opensound.com)

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                         Installing Open Sound System
                                       
   Thank you for selecting Open Sound System. This document tells how to
   install OSS quickly and easily. Since there are minor differences
   between various operating system supported by OSS it's recommended
   that you take a look at the operating system specific release notes
   too (this will be explained below).
   
    Software licenses
    
   Open Sound System is not freeware but commercial product. The software
   itself is freely downloadable from our web site. However it needs a
   run time license to work. The software package itself contains a time
   limited evaluation license which installs automatically. To remove the
   time limit you will need to purchase a permanent license from our
   [1]web site or any of our official distributors.
   If you have already ordered the permament license it should have been
   sent to the E-mail address you given. You need to install the license
   as instructed in the license message.
   
    Downloading the software package
    
   It is very important to download the OSS installation package using
   binary transfers. Under Netscape you need to hold down the shift key
   while clicking the download link. Also make sure you use binary
   transfers if you need to move the downloaded file to a different
   system after download.
   
    Preparing to install OSS
    
   NOTICE!
   
   Since Open Sound System is a device driver only the super user (root)
   can install it. In case you don't have root access to the system you
   should ask the system administrator to install OSS.
   
   You need to move the downloaded installation package to the /tmp
   directory of the target system (the machine where you are installing
   OSS). In case you are upgrading from an earlier OSS installation you
   should not remove any existing OSS files from the system.
   The name of the installation package may have changed during the
   download (in particular if you did the download using a Windows
   machine). In any case the name should be something like
   ossNNNVVV.tar.gz or ossNNNVVV_tar.gz. Write down the actual filename
   (for example osslinux394g-univ.tar.gz) while downloading the package.
   
    Performing the installation/upgrade
    
   In short the installation procedure is the following provided that the
   downloaded installation package is in /tmp (you should move it there).
   We use ossNNNVVV.tar.gz as the name in this example. You should use
   the actual name of the file you downloaded in place of
   ossNNNVVV.tar.gz during the installation.
   
     * Make sure you are signed on to the system as root. You may also
       use the "su -" command.
     * cd /tmp
     * ls oss*.gz
       This step shows name of the actual downloaded installation
       package.  If you get a No such file or directory error message,
       please return to the beginning of this document.
     * gunzip ossNNNVVV.tar.gz
       This should give a file named ossNNNVVV.tar (without the .gz
       suffix). If there is no gunzip utility in your system you should
       download and install the gzip package from ftp.gnu.org
     * tar xvf ossNNNVVV.tar
       
   After this step you should have files oss-install, INSTALL and oss.pkg
   in your /tmp directory. If you got any error messages during the
   previous steps you can contact [2]http://www.opensound.com/~support for help.
   
   The INSTALL file contains more detailed installation instructions and
   you may take a look at it if the remaining steps fail. To complete the
   installation you need to perform the following steps.
   
     * Since you are about to install a new device driver it's highly
       recommended that you do this when there are no other users or
       important background tasks running in the system. In some systems
       installing OSS may require rebooting of the machine.
     * cd /tmp
     * chmod +x oss-install
     * ./oss-install
       
   At this point the installation program starts. It shows the OSS
   license terms which you should accept before proceeding. Also the
   operating system specific release notes will be shown at this point.
   Please read them carefully before proceeding.
   
   The installation procedure is fully automated. Please follow the
   instructions given by the installation program. If anything goes wrong
   you can take a look at the Readme file in the directory you selected
   for installation (the default is /usr/lib/oss). More instructions are
   given in the docs/ subdirectory. Any error messages during the
   installation will be recorded in the *.log files in the installation
   directory.
   If you have problems with the installation you can fill our [3]support
   request form.
   
   More information about Open Sound System is available at
   [4]www.opensound.com.

References

   1. http://www.opensound.com/
   2. http://www.opensound.com/~support
   3. http://www.opensound.com/support.cgi
   4. http://www.opensound.com/