B4P Reference

Introduction

An overview of the installation procedure follows below.

Installation Startup

Start B4P installation with the following four steps.

Step	Action	Terminal Commands
A	Open the terminal by double-clicking the iTerm application	none
B	Change to the b4p_installation directory	cd /Users/username/Downloads/b4p_installation
C	Confirm the present working directory is the b4p installation directory	pwd
D	Start b4p installation	sudo ./setup
E	Enter administrator password	password

Note: replace "username" and "password" by the user's login name and password.



       [~]: cd /Users/username/Downloads/b4p_installation



       [~]: pwd

       /Users/username/Downloads/b4p_installation



       [~]: sudo ./setup

       Password: *******

The B4P installation program is now started, and will guide you through the remainder of the installation as follows:

Step	Action	Terminal Commands
E	Choose installation type: 'Machine'	M
F	Select language and country settings	B (English); A (USA)
G	License activation file	(optional)
H	Create personal B4P folder: 'Yes'	Y

Installation Type

B4P - Installation Program

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Version 8.00 Candidate (2020-11-12)

Copyright (C) 2012..2020 Georg zur Bonsen, all rights reserved.

Licensed (current user) with standard privileges for Rafael Richards.



B4P installation program is starting (Linux and MacOS platforms) ...



1 >> Check the B4P privileges to run installation program ...



2 >> Installation program - Main Menu ...



     M :  Do Machine installation for all users

     D :  De-install B4P

     I :  Do Identification for acquiring a license

     E :  Exit installer without actions

Please select: M

Choice 'M' is the preferred choice, as it makes the B4P application available to all users of the computer.

Informational

In steps 3 through 7 the installer will list all working steps and files processed. This is purely informational and may be safely ignored.

       3 >> Check that all required files are available for installation ...



       4 >> Identify locations for the program files ...



       5 >> Deleting B4P program and application data subdirectories (if existing) ...



       6 >> Create new folders for B4P program ...



       7 >> Copy all files to destination directory '/usr/local/etc/b4p ...

Select Country and Language Settings

The B4P installaion program asks for both language and country.
This is locale information which specifies how numbers and dates are formatted, what currency symbols to use, and what language month and weekday names are displayed.

To avoid any trouble with your Microsoft Excel installation, you should use the same country and language settings as configured for Excel so the CSV file format is compatible.

8 >> Restore user and locale settings (if available) ...



    Info: User settings file not found. Skipped copying



    Info: No locale settings have been defined yet.



    Loaded CSV/TSV file 'List of Locales.csv':

    31 rows, max 28 columns, 28 columns in 1st row, 868 fields, list separator: ;



    Step 1 - Choose language:

     A :  none

     B :  English

     C :  Hindi

     D :  German

     E :  French

     F :  Italian

     G :  Spanish

     H :  Swedish

Please select: B



    Step 2 - Choose country:

     A :  USA

     B :  Great Britain

     C :  Great Britain

     D :  Canada

     E :  France

     F :  India

     G :  Germany

     H :  Switzerland

     I :  Austria

     J :  Sweden

Please select: A

    Locale chosen: en_US

    Done setting locale.

Optional: Activating B4P with License File

If you have a B4P License file, specify the full path to the file to inactivate any restrictions.
Otherwise, press [Enter] to continue without a license file and use B4P for evaluation and demonstration purposes with some restrictions.

9 >> Program Licensing ...



License activation ...



    Specify the license file (typically called 'B4P Licsense File.json'), or

    press [Enter] to skip this and run B4P in demo mode with some restrictions.

    Enter path + file name or press [Enter] to skip

    -->     

    Nothing entered.  B4P will be activated in demo mode.



>>  Congratulations! Installation has been completed.

Optional: Create a personal folder

This is a very useful feature and is highly recommended to create this. A directory called Users\Your user name\b4p will be created and contain the following files:

hello world.b4p
interacctive b4p
main.b4p
start B4P here.b4p
B4P Reference Manual.b4p

In the case you are re-installing B4P and the folder already exists, only the missing files will be overwritten.

       Do you want to create a personal B4P program folder ?  Y

    Creating directory: /Users/rafael/b4p

    If directory or files already exist, then existing files

    will not be overwritten.



    Done creating this directory.

    When you start B4P without file specified, 'Main.b4p' in this directory will be started.



    Highly advisable to restart your computer so all configuration settings for this installation are in effect.





Done - Press ENTER key

Concluding the Installation

Press [Enter] to close the installer. Now you are ready to start working with B4P.

Continue with Starting B4P on MacOS.

MacOS - Installation