1. Decide where you want to keep UVLayout, usually /usr/local/, but it can be in a normal user writable folder if you don't have root access (e.g. in your home folder). Run the following command to extract the supplied software (Note: replace XXXXXX below with the build version of the downloaded file).

 tar xvfoz uvlayout-XXXXXX.tgz --directory=/usr/local

2. To launch UVLayout, run this command for the Professional version ...

 /usr/local/uvlayout-pro/uvlayout-run

... or this command for the Demo version ...

 /usr/local/uvlayout-demo/uvlayout-run

3. If this is the first time you have installed UVLayout, you will need to activate it by cut'n'pasting your license key into the keys file. Instructions on that are here.

Known Problems

• Plugin mode doesn't work? If you are using your own wrapper script to set up the various environment variables, make sure you pass all command line args to the 'uvlayout' binary.

• Very poor drawing performance? See the OpenGL preference.

• Errors on UVLayout start-up when opening UID files? This sometimes occurs when the UVLayout installation is distributed to users via a networked file system, and appears to only affect the Fedora-6 32bit build of UVLayout. Use the Fedora-10 64bit build of UVLayout to solve this problem.

• USB Dongle not being detected? See additional instructions at https://www.uvlayout.com/rockey.

Missing Shared Libraries

Current and recent releases of UVLayout are bundled with all the required shared libraries. If however you are trying to install an older release of UVLayout, and encounter errors caused by missing shared libraries, then you can find copies of these libraries on the OpenMotif page.

Steps For Different Distros

• Ubuntu
• Fedora