INSTALLATION:
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This is THE FIRST RELEASE of this program, so expect it to have bugs!
Though you are lucky, you cannot accidentally erase your CD's ... :)

A. Installing the linux binaries
  If you are running linux, you are lucky, cause I have included binaries in
  the package.

  To install the binaries, just type make install. By default, binaries go
  to /usr/local/bin and manpages go to /usr/local/man/man1. The .gif picture(s)
  go to /usr/local/pictures/multimedia.
  You may change this by editing the Makefile.

  xplaycd uses /dev/cdrom to access your drive. If you don't have this file,
  you have to make a symbolic link from your cdrom device to /dev/cdrom.
  This can be done like this:
  Become root.
  cd /dev
  ln -s <yourdevice> cdrom
   Fill in the devicename of your cdrom drive instead of <yourdevice>.
   If you have a scsi cdrom, this is usually sr0, if you have something else
   then you have to find it out on your own, I don't know since I have scsi.

  When installation is complete, READ THE MANPAGES, and read TROUBLESHOOTING,
  if something goes wrong.


B. Recompiling the source, in case something goes wrong

  There are standard Makefiles to compile the source. Sorry, no imake till now.
  With those Makefiles the program should compile right out of the box if you
  are using a popular linux distribution. If not you have to fiddle with the
  Makefiles, or, worse, with the sourcecode. You can mail me the changes you
  made, so I can include them in further releases.

  You may edit the Makefile and/or config.h. Read the comments there for more
  info. Note: You may have to update the manpages, to reflect your changes.

  You may consider a make depend first, you can safely ignore the errors you
  get, then.

  Finally, to compile try: make
  If you got no errors, type make install.


  If you are trying to make this running on other platforms, then I may not be
  able to help you since I have only access to a cdrom drive connected to a
  linux box. But anyhow, if you are able to get it running, mail me the diffs!



If you find bugs or have problems, mail to:

  Olav Woelfelschneider
  wosch@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de

  I have uploaded the program to sunsite.unc.edu into
  /pub/linux/Incoming/xplaycd1.0.tar.gz
  Later on it should be found in /pub/linux/apps/sound/xplaycd1.0.tar.gz
