INSTALLATION SUPPORT

Since installing many of these programs may be tricky, we've made no attempt here to tell you how to install or troubleshoot them. Before you install a program, you should visit the program's website (listed with each program) and follow the software publisher's installation instructions.

Uncompressing, Unzipping, Unstuffing, and So On

Many of these programs are compressed; you'll recognize the compressed files by their extensions.

• .zip files are Windows files which may be "unzipped" with Stufflt Expander or WinZip.

• .exe files are program files; double-click them from within Windows to extract them and run the application.

• .sit and .sea files are Macintosh Stufflt files which may be "unstuffed" with Stufflt Expander.

• .gz and .tar are gzipped or tarred Linux files which may be uncompressed with LinZip or tar.

You must expand or uncompress these programs before you can run them. Here's a list of useful tools for that purpose.

Utilities

Programs to expand compressed files.

Windows

• Aladdin Expander Decompress, decode, convert, and access the most popular compression archive formats, including Stufflt (.sit), ZIP (.zip), UUencode (.uu), MacBinary (.bin), BinHex (.hqx), and more. Freeware. (http://www.aladdinsys.com)

• WinZip A straightforward zipping and unzipping utility. Shareware. (http://www.winzip.com)

Macintosh

• Aladdin Expander Decompress, decode, convert, and access the most popular compression archive formats, including Stufflt (.sit), ZIP (.zip), UUencode (.uu), MacBinary (.bin), BinHex (.hqx), and more. Freeware. (http://www.aladdinsys.com)

• Aladdin DropStuff Compress, encrypt, and make self-extracting archives. Shareware. (http://www.aladdinsys.com)

Linux

• LinZip A full-featured compression utility. Shareware. (http://www.linzip.com)

• tar Compress and manipulate tar archives. Freeware.