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living agents(r) Community Edition Version 3.2 Beta Date 2001-11-26
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Document overview:

1. Installation
2. Registration
3. Start the living agents server
4. Contact Information
5. Trademarks

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1. Installation
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The living agents toolset is shipped with an installer for Windows platforms
and a tar file for Linux. Both contain the living agents toolset and a Java
Runtime environment.

1.1 Installation on Windows
To install living agents on a Windows system simply run the file

Setup_livingagents.exe

and follow the instructions of the installer.
After installation you find a living agents program group folder on your desktop. 
Make sure you install living agents in a new folder since the 
de-installation will remove the complete installation directory.

1.2 Installation on Linux
To install living agents on Linux you have to do the following steps:

1. Copy the file Setup_livingagents.tar to an empty directory and
   change to that directory.
2. Untar the file Setup_livingagents.tar using the command
   		tar -xvf Setup_livingagents.tar
3. Run the installation script of the installed bin directory
		bin.Linux/install.sh
4. Run the environment script of the installed bin directory
		. bin/setEnvironment.sh
   (Please be aware of the dot and the blank preceeding the command!)

We suggest to call this configuration script (setEnvironment.sh) from 
your personal startup file, e.g. .profile or .bashrc.
The start icons for the various tools can be found in the sub-directory
$InstDir\Toolbar of your installation directory.

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2. Registration
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The non-commercial use of the living agents runtime system CE is free.
Before you can start the software you simply have to register 
by sending an email to: 

	sales@living-systems.de

with the edited license file (conf/livingmarkets_license.xml) attached 
providing your name, affiliation, address, email-address and a short description
of the intended use.
Please edit the two text blocks "licensee" and "description" by replacing the
text starting with "CHANGE THIS:" prior to attaching to the registration mail.

You will then get a valid licence file by email.
Of course, your data will be treated confidential.

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3. Start the living agents server
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How to Start LARS:
In order to start LARS simply click the icon 'living agents Runtime System'. 
A command window will pop up and show the log of LARS.

The living agents Runtime System (LARS) is a scalable agent server and
thus the runtime environment for the agents. LARS provides the infrastructure
for running agents and communication between agents. Thereby the
following protocols are supported:
 Sockets
 Secure Sockets
 RMI
 HTTP
 HTTPS
 JMS

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4. Contact Information
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4.1 living systems Web Site
You may find more information about living systems on our web site at
http://www.living-systems.com.

4.2 Technical Support
For technical support please email to product.support@living-systems.com.

4.3 Feedback
Please send all your feedback concerning
 Wish List
 Enhancement Requests
 Bug Reports
to product.feedback@living-systems.com.

4.4 Subsidiaries
Global Headquarters:
living systems AG
Humboldtstrasse 11
D-78166 Donaueschingen
Germany
phone: +49 (771) 8987-0
fax: +49 (771) 8987-100

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5. Trademarks
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living systems, living agents, and living markets are registered trade-marks of:

living systems AG,
Humboldtstr. 11,
78166 Donaueschingen, Germany.

All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
No part of this publication, with the exception of the software product user
documentation contained on a CD-ROM, may be copied, photocopied, re-produced,
transmitted, transcribed, or reduced to any electronic medium
or machine-readable form without prior written consent of living systems.
Licensees may duplicate the software product user documentation contained
on a CD-ROM, but only to the extent necessary to support the users authorized
access to the software under the license agreement. This copyright
statement must accompany any reproduction of the documentation, regardless
of whether the documentation is reproduced in whole or in part, in its
entirety, without modification.
Rights are reserved under copyright laws of the Federal Republic of Germany
(Urhebergesetz) with respect to unpublished portions of the Software.

