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<h1 class="title"><a name="f3-12899" id="f3-12899"></a>Additional 3rd-party software</h1>
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Some features of the LTPDA Toolbox require additional 3rd-party software to be installed. These are listed below.
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<h2>Graphviz</h2>
<p>In order to use the commands listed below, the <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/')">Graphviz</a> package must be installed.</p>
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<!-- history/dotview -->
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<p><tt>history/dotview</tt></p>
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<p>Convert a history object to a tree-diagram using the DOT interpreter.</p>
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<p><tt>ssm/dotview</tt></p>
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<p>Convert the statespace model object to a block-diagram using the DOT interpreter.</p>
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<p>Generates a HTML report about the input objects which includes a DOT block-diagram of the history.</p>
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<li><p><a href="#windows"/>Installation Guide for Windows</p></li>
<li><p><a href="#mac"/>Installation Guide for Mac OS X</p></li>
<li><p><a href="#linux"/>Installation Guide for Linux</p></li>
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<h3><a name="windows"/> Windows </h3>
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<li><p>Download the relevant package from Downloads section of <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/')">www.graphviz.org</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Install the package by following the relevant instructions.</p></li>
<li><p>Set the two relevant preferences with your LTPDA Preferences Panel</p></li>
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<li>For this start the LTPDApres<br />
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<li>or press the "LTPDA Preferences" button on the LTPDA Launch Bay<br />
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<li style="margin-top:1ex">Select on your LTPDA Preferences Panel the category "External Programs"<br />
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<li style="margin-top:1ex">Set the path to the 'dot.exe' binary in the editable text field "DOT binary". If you perform the default installation, this should be something like:
<br>'c:\Program Files\Graphviz2.20\bin\dot.exe';</br>
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<li>Define in the editable text field "DOT format" the graphics format to output. See <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/output.html')">formats</a> for available formats. To view the final graphics file you must have a suitable viewer for that graphics format installed on the system. For example, to output as PDF
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<h3><a name="mac"/> Mac OS X </h3>
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<li>Choose from:</li>
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<li> From graphviz:</li>
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<li>Download the relevant package from Downloads section of <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/')">www.graphviz.org</a>.</li>
<li>Install the package by following the relevant instructions.</li>
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<li> From Fink:</li>
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<li> If you use the fink package manager, in a terminal: <tt>> fink install graphviz</tt></li>
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<li>Set the two relevant preferences with your LTPDA Preferences Panel.</li>
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<li>Start the LTPDA Preferences Panel. For this follow the step 3.1 or 3.2 of the window installation.</li>
<li>Set the path to the 'dot' binary in the editable text field "DOT binary". If you perform the default installation from fink, this should be something like:
<br>'/sw/bin/dot'</br>
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<li>Define in the editable text field "DOT format" the graphics format to output. See <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/output.html')">formats</a> for available formats. To view the final graphics file you must have a suitable viewer for that graphics format installed on the system. For example, to output as PDF
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<h3><a name="linux"/> Linux </h3>
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<li>Choose from:</li>
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<li> From graphviz:</li>
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<li>Download the relevant package from Downloads section of <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/')">www.graphviz.org</a>.</li>
<li>Install the package by following the relevant instructions.</li>
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<li> From terminal (Ubuntu):</li>
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<li>Please type in a terminal: <tt>>sudo apt-get install graphviz</tt></li>
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<li> From graphical package manager like <b>YaSt, Synaptic, Adept, ...</b></li>
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<li>Start your graphical package manager</li>
<li>Search for the <tt>>graphviz</tt> package</li>
<li>Select the package and all depending packes and install these packages.</li>
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<li>Set the two relevant preferences with your LTPDA Preferences Panel.</li>
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<li>Start the LTPDA Preferences Panel. For this follow the step 3.1 or 3.2 of the window installation.</li>
<li>Set the path to the 'dot' binary in the editable text field "DOT binary". If you perform the default installation from the terminal, this should be something like:
<br>'/usr/bin/dot';</br>
<br>even 'dot' without the path should work</br>
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<li>Define in the editable text field "DOT format" the graphics format to output. See <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/output.html')">formats</a> for available formats. To view the final graphics file you must have a suitable viewer for that graphics format installed on the system. For example, to output as PDF
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<li>Define a programm in MATLAB which opens the file.</li>
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<li>The default programm to open a pdf file is the Acrobat Reader</li>
<li>Define another program under File -> Preferences -> Help -> PDF Reader</li>
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