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	   A P S F I L T E R   V 4.9.1  -  "Installation issues..."
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                   copyright Andreas Klemm 1993, 1994, 1995

                            andreas@knobel.gun.de

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			co-author Thomas Bueschgens 

			    sledge@hammer.oche.de

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PREREQUISITES:

	- Unix system with Berkeley-like (BSD) print system
	  (lpr, lpd, /etc/printcap), i.e.: FreeBSD, *BSD, BSD/*,
	  Linux, SunOS 4.1, Solaris 1, ...

	- C-Compiler (either GNU or your systems C-Compiler)

	- gs (ghostscript) Postscript emulator (only for non-PS printer)

	- optional the following compression programs 
	  to use all of apsfilter's decompressing features:
		gzip, freeze, compress

	- optional the following filter programs 
	  to use all of apsfilter's filetype auto-recognition/print features:
		o pbmplus (Jeff Poskanzers bitmap utilities
		o dvips
		o xfig / transfig
		o jpeg


(1)	login as root

(2)	extract the gnuzipped tar archive in a subdirectory
	of your choice, i.e.:

		cd /usr/local/lib
		mkdir apsfilter && cd apsfilter
		gtar xvzf ~/incoming/aps-49.tgz
		or:	cat aps-49.tgz | gzip -d | tar xvf -

(3)	Install the filter using the SETUP shellscript

	What SETUP does for you:
	- printer config questions
	- automatic /etc/printcap installation (saves original and old)
	- installation of spooldir's as needed
	- compiles and installs a2ps and rewindstdin in apsfilters bin
	  directory /usr/local/lib/apsfilter/bin (or whereever you
	  deceided where apsfilter's base directory should reside).

(4)	optionally edit the system wide apsfilterrc file
	/etc/apsfilterrc to choose sane defaults. Some options
	are only for experts, so beware !

	An INSECURE Flag that can be set globally in /etc/apsfilterrc.
        Only by setting INSECURE to True, its possible, that users 
	custom configuration files ($HOME/.apsfilterrc) will be
	executed during runtime.

	So, if you want to use $HOME/.apsfilterrc, then your root
	has to set INSECURE in /etc/apsfilterrc first. After that
	you can copy /etc/apsfilterrc to $HOME/.apsfilterrc and
	change it for yur needs.

(5)	Print some files as final test ...

(6)	In case of trouble read the files TROUBLESHOOTING and FAQ
	If this doen't cure your problems and you need our help, 
	then send us an e-mail to the following address

		apsfilter@knobel.gun.de

	USING THE FORM (den Vordruck): APS-BUG-FORM

	Then Thomas Bueschgens and I will be notified via e-mail
	and answer.

	PLEASE use the file APS-BUG-FORM if you want to report 
	bugs to us !!!
