S-PLUS 7.0 for Windows Trial Version
Download and Installation Instructions

SUPPORTED PLATFORMS AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

S-PLUS 7.0 for Windows is supported on the following:

Windows 2000
Windows XP Home
Windows XP Professional Edition
Windows 2003 Server running on Intel platforms

For more information on supported platforms please click:

S-PLUS Supported Platforms

The minimum recommended system configuration is Pentium III with 512MB of RAM. You must have at least 450MB of free disk space for the typical installation (and, if not installing on Drive C:\, an additional 50MB free disk space on Drive C:\ is required for the installation process).

Do NOT install this release over any existing version of S-PLUS. Instead, designate a clean installation directory for S-PLUS 7 and proceed with the Setup program as described below.

INSTALLING S-PLUS

NOTE: If you have a previous Alpha or Beta release of S-PLUS 7 installed on your system, it MUST be uninstalled before installing this release. To remove it, go to Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs, select S-PLUS 7.0 and click the Remove button. To insure a clean installation of the release, we strongly recommend removing the installation directory in which the Alpha or Beta was installed. By default the directory is:

C:\Program Files\Insightful\splus70

You must have full Administrator privileges to install S-PLUS, because the installation program must write to both the C:\%windir%\System folder and the registry, which is possible only if you have the correct privileges.

The S-PLUS Setup program offers a variety of options:

Complete: Installs all of the S-PLUS files in the selected directory, including the release notes, installation notes (this document), program files, online help, sample files, development support files, and supported libraries. This option is recommended for most users.

Minimal: Installs minimum files required by S-PLUS in the target directory you choose, including the release notes and the program files.

Custom: Installs only selected parts of S-PLUS. Choose whether to install the release notes, program files, online help, sample files, development support files, and supported libraries. Any files you choose not to install can be installed later by selecting the icon for change/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. See below for more details. This option is recommended for advanced users.

Installing S-PLUS for Windows Trial Version

1. Download the S-PLUS trial zip file to a local windows drive.
2. Extract the contents of the zip file to your hard drive. This will create a folder called V_7_0_6 in this directory path you specified.
3. Navigate to the folder V_7_0_6 and double-click the setup.exe file.
4. The S-PLUS Setup window appears.
5. Follow the Setup instructions on the screen. For most installations, the default settings are recommended. It is recommended that you close or disable other applications while installing S-PLUS, in particular virus checkers and screen savers.

Adding and removing components of S-PLUS:

To add or remove parts of S-PLUS from your system, select the Add/Remove Programs icon in the Control Panel. Choose S-PLUS 7.0 from the list of installed programs, and then click the Add/Remove button. Once in the S-PLUS Setup program, select the Modify option. Use the tree of components provided to add (select) or remove (deselect) parts of S-PLUS.

Uninstalling S-PLUS from your computer:

To uninstall S-PLUS, select the Add/Remove Programs icon in the Control Panel. Choose S-PLUS 7.0 from the list of installed programs, and then click the Add/Remove button. Once in the S-PLUS Setup program, select the Remove option.

RUNNING S-PLUS

The S-PLUS program group contains the following options:

• S-PLUS Console starts the command-line application only.
• S-PLUS Workbench starts the S-PLUS plug-in for the Eclipse IDE (Enterprise Developer edition only)
• S-PLUS BATCH starts a non-interactive session of S-PLUS.
• S-PLUS starts the full GUI application.
• Wizard for License Manager starts the Insightful License Fulfillment wizard.

To start S-PLUS with the full graphical user interface:

1. From the Start menu, select Programs.
2. Select the S-PLUS 7.0 program group.
3. Select S-PLUS.

To start S-PLUS as a console application without the GUI:

1. From the Start menu, select Programs.
2. Select the S-PLUS 7.0 program group.
3. Select S-PLUS Console.

The first time you start S-PLUS, you will be prompted for the License Authorization Code (included in an e-mail sent to you from Insightful). This code is needed to generate the license key, which is required before you can run S-PLUS 7. See the online Installation and Administration Guide (admin.pdf) in the contents you extracted from the zip file.