June 14, 2004


              INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPLIDA

                 Copyright 2004 W. Q. Meeker

SPLIDA works with versions S-PLUS 6.x running under Windows
98/ME/NT/2000/XP. 

The following simple instructions assume that you are running S-PLUS
6.2 and that it is installed in the default location (C:\Program
Files\Insightful\splus62\cmd\SPLUS.exe), that you will install
Splida in the default location (c:\Splida) and that you will install
the SplidaUser folder in the default location
(C:\SplidaUser). Otherwise, minor, straightforward modifications are
needed. See the detailed installation instructions in Section 19 of
the SPLIDA documentation in SplidaBook.pdf (in the SPLIDA
distribution file).

1. Download the SplidaSV4.exe file from

   http://www.public.iastate.edu/~splida
 
   Make sure that you have the version for Splus 6.x. Place this on
   the desktop (or some other convenient place).

2. Execute splida.exe

   This will create a folder c:\splida You should get a message saying
   that 165 files have been unzipped (for the June 14, 2004 version).

3. Copy (do not just move) the folder c:\splida\SplidaUser to c:\SplidaUser

4. Copy (do not just move) the SplidaUsr2 shortcut (file
   c:\splida\SplidaUsr2.lnk) to the desktop (or another convenient place).

5. To complete the setup, click on the SplidaUser shortcut. You will
   get an "improper path" message. This is normal. Click "ok."
   Splida will then automatically make its .Prefs folder and the
   SPLIDA menu structure.  This may take a few minutes.

6. Exit S-PLUS (to preserve the menu structure just created).

   
7. Now, get back into S-PLUS and run the following test.

   From the S-PLUS menu bar try

   Splida -> Single distribution analysis -> Probability plot with
             parametric ML fit


   Choose life data object BearingCage.ld and distribution
         lognormal. Click "Apply."


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Copies of the SPLIDA software may be made for private,
non-commercial purposes. That is anyone is free to use SPLIDA for
any purpose, as long as SPLIDA or parts of SPLIDA are not sold.  For
other purposes, contact the author at the address below.

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There is a continuing, sophisticated process for checking
computations done with SPLIDA. It is, of course, likely that some
bugs exist in the software (SPLIDA contains on the order of 100,000
lines of S-PLUS and FORTRAN code). I will try to investigate and fix
any problems that are reported to me. Because it is free, however,
SPLIDA comes with NO GUARANTEE OR WARRANTY, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE.

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William Q. Meeker
Department of Statistics
Iowa State University
Ames, IA  50011
wqmeeker@iastate.edu