Download and Installation Instructions

Alice 2.x does not require "installation" in the same way that many other software applications do. All we really need is a place on the machine's hard drive to copy files. As a result, the installation of Alice 2.x should succeed on machines where others would fail.

• Download software page at http://www.alice.org
• Windows only instructions
• OS-X only instructions
• Linux only instructions 
• Using Alice on a networked machine 
• Bug Reporting 

Windows only instructions:

Download and extract the files within, as you would any other compressed (.zip) file. It will create an Alice folder within which you can run the Alice application (Alice.exe).

OS-X only instructions:

After downloading Alice, double-click the disk image (.dmg) to mount the Alice volume. Open the Alice volume (it should open automatically) and drag the Alice app to your desktop. If the file gets copied successfully, you can drag the Alice volume to the trash.

Linux-only instructions:

• Download the file Alice2.3.tar.gz or Alice2.3b.tar.gz.
• Open a terminal to the directory where you downloaded the file.
• Run the command:

               tar xvfz Alice-2.0.0.tar.gz

          then run:

               cd Alice/Required

          then run:

               ./run-alice

Using Alice on a networked machine:

Alice 2.x compatibility with networked machines has been hit-or-miss. This was due to the Alice 2 preferences file location being hard-coded as:

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\.alice

 

In cases where the user's home directory was not on the C drive or in a different path, Alice would display a gallery viewer error and possibly prevent the user from accessing Alice.

We have modified Alice 2.3 to allow the user to enter in the path to a writable directory on any drive, networked or local. This can be done by editing the following file in a text editor:

Alice 2.3\Required\etc\config.txt

 

In the config.txt file, you should see something that looks like this:

0,78,152

(Note: The numbers (0,78,152), set the background color in Alice. Contact us if you are interested in changing the background for better view or display when using a projector. )

Add a new line at the bottom and enter in the *full* path to where you would like the preferences stored. This will need to be a writable directory. Do not use quotes. For example, to change the location to the desktop on drive E, do the following:

0,78,152
E:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Desktop\.alice2

 

Save the file and close it. If Alice is running, make sure to shut it down and restart. To confirm the entered path is working properly, navigate to the directory you typed above and you should see a .alice2 directory. If you do not see one, make sure hidden directories are viewable.

Bug Reporting

If you discover new bugs in Alice 2.3, please let us know! Make sure to be as detailed as possible, and indicate the OS you are using, as well as whether this bug is new to 2.3 or in earlier versions of Alice. We have worked hard on getting this release as stable as possible, but we need your feedback! We will do our best to fix major bugs immediately, minor bugs before the next release. Thank you in advance for your help and patience!

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