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The SOFTIMAGE|XSI Software CD contains the Setup programs for SOFTIMAGE|XSI and other XSI modules. To run the various Setup programs, open the HTML Start page for your operating system and click the links (on Windows) or follow the path for the XSI module you want to install.

Running Setup on Windows systems

Insert the Software CD into the CD drive.

The autorun program automatically runs an HTML startup page from where you can choose the XSI modules you want to install. If it does not, you can double-click the setup.exe file directly from the CD directory.

To run the XSI Setup from a network, see Setting Up to Install from the Network (Windows).

Running Setup on Linux systems

Insert the Software CD into the CD drive (do not copy the Setup program to your hard drive). Open the HTML startup page and note the path indicated for the XSI module you want to install.

To install any of the components listed, do the following:

From a browser (such as Mozilla), enter the specified path and launch the setup file by double-clicking it.

Open a terminal (shell) and ‘cd’ to the specified path and run the setup file by typing:
<CD-ROM mount point>/linux/xsi/setup

For example, the default location is:
/CDROM/linux/xsi/setup

To run Setup remotely, see Running Setup Remotely on Linux.

Running Setup on IRIX systems

Download XSI for IRIX and follow the instructions available from softimage.com > download.

Running Setup Remotely on Linux

If you are installing from a CD and your computer does not have a CD drive, you can share the CD drive of another computer to run the Setup program from that location.

Remote Installation with NFS

To execute the commands for the following scenarios, you must open a terminal (shell) and type them in.

Scenario 1

Assumes that you’re installing on computer B from computer A and that your CD-ROM is on computer B (local). Type the following from computer A:

Scenario 2

Assumes that you’re installing on computer A from computer A and that your CD-ROM is on computer B (remote).

To mount the CD-ROM of computer B on computer A, log on computer B and type:

vi /etc/exports

jot /etc/exports

gedit /etc/exports

Add the following lines to the exports file:

	/CDROM

Type the following line in the shell:

	/usr/etc/exportfs -av

Log on computer A and type:

	mkdir /CDROM
	mount <computer B>:/CDROM /CDROM
	cd /CDROM/linux/software
	./setup

Using NFS Version 3

If you’re using NSF version 3, the /CDROM directory may be blank after mounting. To solve this problem, use NFS version 2, log on to computer A, and type:

Remote Installation without NFS

If you are installing on computer A (from computer A), but your CD-ROM is on computer B (remote), do the following:

To copy the contents of the CD-ROM from computer B to computer A using rcp, log on computer A as root, and type:

XSI Installation or Licensing First?

You can choose to install the SOFTIMAGE|XSI software or the SPM licensing components first.

To determine if you must install the XSI software or the SPM license server, consider the following:

If you are designating this computer to act as a license server, install the Software Protection Manager (SPM).

If you want to install the XSI software, choose SOFTIMAGE|XSI version 3.0.

After the XSI Setup program copies the files to your hard drive, you are prompted to provide the name of the license server to be added to your SPM_HOST variable.

You can leave the server name text box blank if you have not configured an SPM license server yet and then manually update the SPM_HOST variable in the environment script later.

After the XSI software is installed, you can return to the startup screen where you can install the SPM licensing components (if this computer is also designated as the license server).

Running the Setup Programs

Starting the Setup Programs