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/* How to install the Windows version of the TreeTagger                     */
/* Author: Helmut Schmid, IMS, University of Stuttgart, Germany             */
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This is the Windows distribution of the TreeTagger.

It contains the following files:
- tree-tagger.exe: the tagger program

- train-tree-tagger.exe: the training program
- tokenize.pl:      A Perl script which transforms the tagger input
                    into one-word-perl-line format
- *-abbreviations:  abbreviation lists required by the tokenizer
- tag-*.bat:        batch files for different languages which call 
                    the tokeniser and the tagger 
- chunk-english.bat a batch file for English POS tagging and chunking

Installation
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1. Install a Perl interpreter (if you have not already installed one).
   You can download Perl for free at
   http://www.perl.com/pub/language/info/software.html

2. Move the TreeTagger directory to the root directory of drive C:.

3. Download the PC parameter files for the languages you need, decompress
   them (e.g. using Winzip) and move them to the subdirectory lib.
   Rename the parameter files to <language>.par
   Example: Rename french-par-linux-3.1.bin to french.par

4. Add the following line to autoexec.bat (Windows 95/98)
   set PATH=C:\TreeTagger\bin;%PATH%
   or change the corresponding system settings (Windows NT).

5. Open a shell and type the command
   set PATH=C:\TreeTagger\bin;%PATH%

6. Change to the directory C:\TreeTagger

7. Now you can test the tagger, e.g. by analyzing this file with the command
   tag-english INSTALL.txt

If you install the TreeTagger in a different directory, you have to
modify the first path in the batch files tag-*.bat.


Michaela Atterer told me that she had difficulties to install the
TreeTagger on a Windows XP system. She recommends the following
work-around.

4. Windows XP:
-Right click on "My Computer"
-Select the "Advanced" tab
-Click on "Environment Variables"
-click on New: enter PATH and C:\TreeTagger\bin\;%PATH%

If the files have been unpacked into a single directory, you should restore the following directory structure:

TreeTagger:
INSTALL.txt  README.txt  bin  cmd  lib

TreeTagger/bin:
tag-english.bat  tag-german.bat   tag-spanish.bat        tree-tagger.exe
tag-french.bat   tag-italian.bat  train-tree-tagger.exe

TreeTagger/cmd:
mwl-lookup.perl  tokenize.pl

TreeTagger/lib:
english-abbreviations  german-abbreviations   spanish-abbreviations
french-abbreviations   italian-abbreviations  spanish-mwls


Note that the TreeTagger comes without a graphical interface. You have
to start it by entering a command in a command line window. If you
prefer a graphical interface, try the one provided by Ciarn  Duibhn
at
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/~oduibhin/oideasra/interfaces/winttinterface.htm

