FACT: Download & Install
Current version: 4.9.5 (distributed on Nov 1, 2013) » What's New
System Requirements:
Platform: Sun SPARC, Intel/AMD x86
OS: Sun Solaris, Solaris x86, Linux x86, MS Windows 98/2000/XP (with Cygwin), Apple OS X
Memory: The more the better (at least 16MB to start the program).
Library: XView Library
Binary Download:
Solaris 2.x gzip (compiled under Solaris 2.6) old
Solaris x86 gzip (compiled under Solaris 8 x86) old
-- You can download Solaris x86 here. A Chinese setup guide is here.
-- Will not be supported after version 4.15. (Forgive me :~)
Linux x86 gzip (compiled by GCC under RedHat Enterprise WS 3.0) current
-- You can download XView Library here. Use command 'rpm -Uvh xview-*' to install.
-- You better install xview-3.2p1.4-16 or later. Otherwise some warning messages will appear.
-- Optimized for Intel Pentium / AMD Athlon CPUs with MMX instruction sets.
MS Windows zip (compiled under MS WindowsXP + Cygwin 1.5) old
-- You will need to install Cygwin (a Linux-like environment in M$ Windows) first.
-- Follow the instructions to install XView Library.
Apple OS X zip (compiled under OS X 10.6.8) current
-- You have to install XView Library from a PKG file here. Since the lib was compiled for old system, you need to download lib files olgx.a & xview.a and replace those in the /usr/openwin/lib.
-- Follow the instructions to install X11-related tools if XView didn't work.
Installation:
1. Download the pre-compiled executable file.
2. Copy the file to a desired directory.
3. Uncompress it by typing
'gzip -d fact*.gz' or 'tar xzf fact*.tgz'
4. Rename the uncompressed file to a shorter filename you like, e.g., fact, by
'mv fact.Sol fact'.
5. Change the access permission of the file by
'chmod a+x fact'.
6. Run FACT by typing
'./fact'.
7. If you want to use AIR, you have to download, compile it and then assign its path in FACT.
Compile on 64bit system:
1. Ubuntu:
Install X11 development for i386:
sudo apt-get install libx11-dev:i386
Set "LDLIB = -L/usr/lib32 -L/emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib" in Makefile.
Last Update: 2013/11/1