This file contains general unpackaging instructions for WordNet
compressed tar file packages and Windows self extracting archives.

Compressed Tar Files
====================

All WordNet packages are distributed as compressed tar files,
generally for use on Unix systems.  Some packages contain only ASCII
data, and can be installed on Windows systems as well.  Many Windows
archive programs, such as WinZip, can unbundle compressed tar files.

To unbundle a compressed tar file under Unix:

	gunzip -c WordNet-2.0.tar.gz | tar xvf -

Under Windows, the archive utility should be able to detect a
compressed tar file and know how to unpackage it.  The only caution
here is to make sure that it doesn't automatically convert Unix
"newline" characters to "carraige-return/linefeed" sequences. This is
usually an option somewhere in the utility.

Windows Self-extracting Archives
================================

The WordNet database package for Windows is distributed as a
self-extracting archive. 

Once downloaded, simply double-click on the file and the package will
unbundle itself. 

Directories
===========

All additional (non-database) WordNet packages should be downloaded
into the $WNHOME directory (the directory that you installed the
WordNet package into), then unbundled and installed as described
above.  Each package will create its own subdirectory in $WNHOME.
Additional information and installation instructions can be found in
the INSTALL file in each subdirectory.

The default installation directory is:

    /usr/local/WordNet-2.0 - Unix platforms
    C:\Program Files\WordNet\2.0 - Windows

Cleaning Up
===========

After a package is installed, the archive file from which it was
installed can be removed to save disk space.

Gzip Utility
============

Compressed tar files been compressed with 'gzip'.  To install a
package compressed with 'gzip' on a Unix system, you need to have
'gzip' (or 'gunzip') on your system.  If you don't, you can download
it from "prep.ai.mit.edu" or one of the numerous FTP sites that mirror
the GNU software.