1 Introduction

The Installation Manual describes the installation of the ADF program package on the platforms on which it is supported. See also the ADF installation manual for Windows and the ADF installation manual for Mac OS X. For optimal performance, some system specific tuning may be needed. We therefore strongly recommend to also read Chapter 4 of this document. This Installation Manual is available from the Documentation part of the SCM web site:

http://www.scm.com/Doc/Welcome.html

The main programs contained within the ADF package are ADF and BAND. There are also several utility and property programs. These are used primarily for pre- and post-processing data of the main programs. You will always install the complete ADF package at one time. It includes ADF, BAND, and all available utility programs, as well as ADFview and other modules of the ADF-GUI.

The ADF package and support scripts are written for use within a UNIX environment (including Linux). If you want to install it and use it effectively you will need some basic UNIX knowledge. We do not provide this general UNIX introduction. If you are new to UNIX we strongly suggest you first make yourself comfortable with this operating system. Very nice tutorials and introductions are available for free on the web, simply search for 'UNIX introduction' or 'UNIX tutorial'.

Typically installation of the ADF package is simple and straightforward. If you have problems installing it, contact us for assistance (support@scm.com).