Installation instructions for OpenCyc release 0.7.0 on Linux

OpenCyc requires linux x86, about 250MB of disk space and performs
best with over 256 MB RAM.  The java api requires Java 2 and the 
download of freely available third-party jar files.  Has been tested on
RedHat and Mandrake kernels.

For our extensive documentation: http://www.opencyc.org

1. Untar the compressed archive.  The top directory has the same name as the
OpenCyc release.

tar xvfz opencyc-0.7.0.tgz

2. cd to opencyc-0.7.0/scripts/linux and launch the Cyc server.

./run-cyc.sh


After some time loading the world into memory you will see 

CYC(1):

which is the SubL command prompt.

3. [optional] 
You can enter SubL expressions such as (+ 1 2) or (genls #$Person)
or (all-genls #$Person) at the command line to verify Cyc's operation.
 
4. At this point the cyc http server is running and you can access
Cyc directly via the local web browser.

http://localhost:3602/cgi-bin/cyccgi/cg?cb-start

You can browse cyc via the Guest account or perform updates by
logging on as CycAdministrator.

See the file parameters.lisp in the init directory for startup 
options including choice of tcp ports utilized, and whether remote tcp 
connections to your cyc server are permitted (default is not permitted).

5. In a separate browser window, access the following URL:

http://www.opencyc.org/cb/welcome

This is the welcome screen. It will eventually be integrated into the 
KB Browser. There is information on getting started with the Cyc Server,
and there is a walkthrough of entering some knowledge into Cyc.

6. You can cleanly shut down the OpenCyc server by entering (exit) on
command line, or you can click on the halt link on the Cyc Browser's
System page.

7.  You can save the state of the OpenCyc world by entering the form
(write-image "world/<filename>") before shutting down using
(exit).  To restart OpenCyc:

./run-cyc-world.sh world/<filename> 





