1.  Getting Wize

Wize can be downloaded from Sourceforge.

2.  Installation

The only installation required is to unpack wize-*.zip.

2.1  MS Windows

Download wize-win.2.4.zip and extract it (eg. to Desktop/wize2.4). Now open a console in that directory and run:

   wize /zvfs

2.2  Linux

Download wize-linux.2.4.zip and unpack it using unzip.

For example, the following assumes a downloaded to your home directory.

  mkdir ~/wize2.4
  cd ~/wize2.4
  unzip -r ~/wize-linux.2.4.zip
  ./wize /zvfs

3.  Post Installation

For regular command-line usage, you will probably want the wize directory in your path. There are several ways to achieve this.

3.1  Unpack Into A Path Directory

If you unpacking wize*.zip into a directory that is already in your path automatically, you can run wize from the command line.

3.2  Add the Wize Directory to Your Path

  wize /zvfs Admin/PathAdd

3.3  Create Softlink to wize.exe

Create a softlink in a path directory to the wize executable.

4.  Getting Started

You should now be ready to go. So just type:

  wize /zvfs

Click here for more details on using the admin interface.

© 2008 Peter MacDonald