linHDD
Hard Drive utility
(c)2005 by Paul Sherman


Installation should be simple, as there is nothing to compile.
It is a single file containing all necessary classes, graphics 
and messages.


The source and Slackware distributions require:
    python >= 2.4
    GTK >= 2.6
    pyGTK >= 2.6
    Pango

        and uses the system utilities
	(present on most all Linux machines):
	hdparm, df, mkfs and cfdisk    
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You have what is one of three types of packages.

1) A source package
2) A binary distribution
3) A Slackware package


1) Talk about easy. Once the downloaded package in decompressed,
   just put the file linHDD.py somewhere in your path.
   
   If you wish to keep the documentation -- place the whole
   folder wherever you want it to stay, then symlink 
   the linHDD.py file somewhere in your path.
   
   *** Name the link "linHDD" (without the ".py" extension.)
   [Naming of symlink is by convention for this app, not mandatory.]
    
    
    
2) Could it be easier than above? Well, yes. If you don't have 
   the required dependencies. Python, GTK and pyGTK are not 
   necessary to run the binary package.
   
   Put the linHDD folder wherever you  wish and symlink
   from the "linHDD" file to somewhere in your path.
   (You need the whole folder for the binary to run,
   so don't drag the linHDD executable out of the folder.)
 
   *** Name the link "linHDD"
   [Naming of symlink is by convention for this app, not mandatory.]
   
   
   
3) Use your package manager of choice (installpkg, xpkgtool, whatever..) 
   Install directory is /usr/bin
   Documentation is put into /usr/doc/linHDD
   
   Run the program by typing: 
   linHDD.py
   
   ...from a term, or create a menu item or symlink to that file.


