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2. Download and Install Instructions

BCT comes as a stand-alone .exe installer for Windows and as a tarball for Linux. BCT was tested and validated on Fedora 14, which will be the only supported Linux distribution.

The Release package when unzipped will contain the following:

  • bct-release<X>-i686.fc14.tar.gz (32-bit Linux)
  • bct-release<X>-x86-64.fc14.tar.gz (64-bit Linux)
  • bct-release<X>-i686.win32.exe (Windows)

Note

Please make sure you chose the right package to match your system to download and install. Also, the value of <X> will change with each release.

2.1. Windows Installation

The Windows Installer will copy files to:

C:\Program Files (x86)\BCT

by default. The Windows UAC will prompt you to grant permission for the installer to start.

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When BCT is run for the first time and the user accepts the End User License Agreement, the following files are created in current user's home directory (C:\Users\<user id> in Windows and /home/<user id> in Linux):

  • .bctrc
  • .bctstyle
  • bct.log

2.2. Linux Install

  1. Copy the BCT tar.gz file to a local directory.

    1. For 32-bit versions, choose bct-<X>-i686.fc14.tar.gz
    2. For 64-bit versions, choose bct-<X>-x86_64.fc14.tar.gz
  2. From the console terminal, navigate to the folder that contains the BCT tar.gz file and issue the following command:

    1. For 32-bit versions, >tar -xvf bct-<X>-i686.fc14.tar.gz
    2. For 64-bit versions, >tar -xvf bct-<X>-x86_64.fc14.tar.gz

    Note

    The name of the file will change with each release.

  3. The installation extracts a binary executable bct and two folders: help and xrc. Both are necessary for BCT to work.

  4. Run the BCT program by issuing:

    >./bct