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 AG3.1 for Slackware 12.0
Overview
Version 3.1 is the current stable release version of the Access Grid Toolkit. The AG3.1 packages available here have no known issues at present; please report any problems so they may be fixed.

In this release, the VPCScreen and AGVCR applications will also be installed automatically if the toolkit is installed with either of the preferred  or slapt-getgslapt  tools.

After installation of the toolkit, the AGVCR launcher still needs to be manually intialised. This is done by running the following command at the command line:
    agpm3.py -p /usr/share/AccessGrid/agvcrlauncher3.1-1.2.agpkg3
(note that this should be done as an ordinary user)

Please note that AG3.1 packages are also available for Slackware 12.1


Installation
Before installing the AG3.1 toolkit, Gnome Slack Build (GSB) must have been installed. Please see howto install GSB for instructions to do this. The official instructions for installing GSB are available at the GSB website.

Now, just as it was used to install GSB, slapt-get will also be used to install the AG3.1 Toolkit. However the location of the toolkit packages must be added to the system's list of software repositories. To do this, edit the file /etc/slapt-get/slaptgetrc by adding the following line:
    SOURCE=http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/slackware/12.0/

Now, as root, run the command:
    slapt-get --update
and finally:
    slapt-get --install accessgrid3.1

Alternatively, if gslapt (a graphical front end to slapt-get) is installed, the repository location can be added via the Sources tab of the Preferences panel (available from the Edit menu). Now refresh the systems package records by clicking the Update button. Finally, use the Search panel to find the accessgrid3.1 package, then mark it for installation and press the Execute button.

If individual AG related packages are required they can be downloaded directly from the AG repository for Slackware 12.0


Issues
None known at this time. Please report any problems so they may be fixed

Contact
Please send all comments, installation problems etc., to <c.willing at uq.edu.au>