This command installs 3D Launch pad for OS/2 with PNG icons support by Andrey Vasilkin.

This command installs 4os2. This version was built by Gregg Young.

ACDataSeeker is a multithreaded text and file finder for the OS/2 Presentation Manager. ACDataSeeker was originally written by Alessandro Cantatore and is now maintained by Andreas Buchinger.

This command installs the ACPI Toolkit.

Adobe Acrobat Reader for OS/2, version 5.1, is an abandoned beta of the product from Innotek. It works quite well, and can open some Acrobat documents.

The installation is unattended. The browser plugin is installed into Netscape, Mozilla, SeaMonkey and Firefox.

This command installs ae, a replacement for the OS/2 system editor.

The install is unattended.

This command installs AlienBlaster, ported by Paul Smedley.

Alien Blaster

Your mission is simple: stop the invasion of the aliens and blast them!

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) for OS/2 and eComStation extends the OS/2 kernel to newer hardware.

New releases are available from the Arca Noae website. ACPI is a part of the OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package.

This command installs or updates the OS2AHCI driver version 2.09

New releases are available from the Arca Noae website. AHCI is a part of the OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package.

This command installs or updates the Arca Noae Amouse driver version 4.01

New releases are available from the Arca Noae website. Amouse is a part of the OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package.

This command installs Daniela Engert's EIDE driver. (DaniS506.ADD) DaniS506 is now maintained by David Azarewicz.

Version 1.8.16

New releases are available from the Arca Noae website. DaniS506 is a part of the OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package. It is also part of the Service and Maintenace subscription, but no updates have been released.

This driver is also freely available; install the DaniS506 app to get the freely available version.

This command installs or updates the Dynamic Icons version 2.5.5.1.

New releases are available from the Arca Noae website. Dynamic Icons is a part of the ArcaOS Support and Maintenance package.

This command installs or updates the FAT32 installable file system version 5.0.5

New releases are available from the Arca Noae website. FAT32 is a part of the OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package.

If a previous version of FAT32 is installed, it must be uninstalled before installing this version. The uninstall is not kind to config.sys. Back up your config.sys before uninstalling FAT32, and restore it afterward. Installing this driver will make the appropriate changes to the config.sys that you saved before installing the previous version.

This command installs or updates the JFS installable file system version 1.09.10

New releases are available from the Arca Noae website. JFS is a part of the OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package.

install ArcaOS kernel 14.203 SMP or 14.201 W4.

The installation will fail if operating system is not ArcaOS, or if the ArcaOS is already 14.203 or higher.

This command installs or updates the multimac network drivers version 20241205 The build level for these drivers varies

New releases are available from the Arca Noae website. Multimac is a part of the OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package. The OS/2 and eCS drivers and software package is available to purchase from the Blonde Guy website.

This command installs or updates the Panorama video driver version 1.20

New releases are available from the Arca Noae website. Panorama is a part of the both the OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package and also a part of ArcaOS Support & Maintenance.

This command installs or updates the Arca Noae SNAP video driver

The SNAP video driver is distributed on the ArcaOS installation DVD. The user will be prompted to insert the DVD or point to a directory that contains the SNAP files.

This command installs the Arca Noae build of Uniaud 197. Uniaud16 version 1.9.7 and Uniaud32 version 3.01.03 which is based on a major update from Paul Smedley using audio code from Linux v5.10.20.

New releases are available from the Arca Noae website. The UniAud update is a part of the OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package.

This command updates the USB driver stack. USB drivers must have been previously installed and configured. This installation script does not install AUDIO by default. This installation does install the Mass Storage Driver (MSD).

New releases are available from the Arca Noae website. USB is a part of the OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package.

This command updates the USB Audio driver to version 12.17. This installation script installs or updates USB Audio only.

New releases are available from the Arca Noae website. USB Audio is also a part of the OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package.

This command updates the USB ECD Class driver. This driver is experimental for now.

New releases are available from the Arca Noae website. USB is a part of the OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package.

This command installs software downloaded by subscribers from Arca Noae. Both ArcaOS support and maintenance and the OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package are supported.

The command will prompt for the installation files downloaded from the Arca Noae web store.

ACPI, AHCI, AMouse, ArchiveTool, CupsWiz, DaniS506, DynamicIcons, FAT32, JFS, Multimac, NAPS, NVMe, Panorama, PrintMan, SNAP, UniAud, USB, USB3Preview, USBAudio, XWP

This command modifies the desktop for use on an ArcaOS 5.0 system.

This command modifies the desktop for use on an ArcaOS 5.1 system.

This command installs the Arca Noae version of OS/2 Developers Toolkit 4.52.

The installation is unattended. None of the classes are registered, and only the Information objects are created.

This command installs Archive Viewer, written by Alex Taylor. Archive Viewer is a very simple GUI tool for viewing and extracting archive files of various types. It originated as a system utility included in eComStation (and it remains so to this day). However, the product is also released as open source software under the GNU GPL.

Installation is unattended by WarpIN.

A reboot is needed after installation unless ArcView was previously installed.

This command installs the arj archiver. A copy of the executable is placed in the utility directory for other programs to use.

This command installs Arora 0.11.0b, a lightweight web browser based on Qt and WebKit.

This install is automated using WarpIN. Prerequisites are Qt 4.6.3, gcc444 and libc.

This command opens the Installed Features folder to facilitate the removal of the Automatic Registration Tool (ART) also known as the "Dancing Elephant".

Procedure
In the Installed Features folder, open Install Object - Inventory.
Check the ART - Inventory object checkbox.
Press Uninstall.
Confirm the uninstallation.
When uninstallation is complete, Install Object - Inventory
and the Installed Features folder.
Press OK when done.

The Association Editor, written by Henk Kelder, is a PM program that can display and edit the associations between objects and programs.

This command installs Artistic Style, a source code beautifier ported to OS/2 by Galen Henderson. The installation is unattended.

This command installs Alex Taylor's workplace sans, workplace sans bold, warpsans extended, almost vio and almost swiss fonts.

The command is automated. A reboot is necessary before using the fonts.

This command installs Back Again/2000 Workstation. The product has been abandoned, and a copy of it is here in case you are a registered user with a product key.

The Config.Sys is modified, so a reboot is required after the installation is complete.

This command installs the beer battery widget, by eCo Software. This command will work on eCS only; OS/2 is not supported unless eCS language support has been added.

This command installs the Bi-Directional Parallel Port Driver.

BlueGriffon is a new WYSIWYG content editor for the World Wide Web. Powered by Gecko, the rendering engine of Firefox 4, it's a modern and robust solution to edit Web pages in conformance to the latest Web Standards.

This command installs bootAble 6.10.3, a program for creating bootable CD-ROM and DVD under OS/2 and eCS by Hayo Baan. The supporting files are also installed. A script, bootable.bg, with the paths needed for the supporting files, is created. If the SNAP graphics is available, can be used on the bootable CD.

Invoke bootAble for the first time using "bootable bootable.bg"

This command installs BoulderDash, a game written by Frank Wochatz. The installation is unattended using WarpIN.

This command installs BS_Info, the Info Tool, version 2.3. BS_Info is written by Rolf Gachnang

This command installs bzip2. Bzip2 is a compress/decompress program. The executable is copied to the utils directory, so no reboot is needed to use bzip2. This program, bzip2, the associated library libbzip2 (libbz2 on OS/2), and all documentation, are copyright ¸ 1996-2005 Julian Seward. All rights reserved.

Prerequisites are LIBC and GCC445. The install is unattended.

This command installs C-Media 8738 Audio Driver

It is safe to take all of the default values suggested by the install program. A reboot is needed after the install completes.

To uninstall this driver, run this command, but specify zero (0) devices to install.

This command installs Cameraderie v1.53, a digital camera application written by R. L. Walsh.

This install is unattended.

This command installs cdrtools2 2.01.01a59, a suite of command line programs for manipulating CD and DVD media. An ASPI router driver is installed, and Config.Sys is modified. If OS2AHCI.ADD is installed, the SCSI option /S is enabled.

This command installs the Cisco 350 wireless driver (Cisco Aironet 340/350 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Adapter) including the WifiStat control panel and Blonde Guy's radio on and radio off scripts are included, however, it is better to use XWLan.

This command installs ClamAV using RPM/YUM. ClamAV is ported by Yuri Dario and Paul Smedley. ClamAV GUI was created by Remy Dodin.

The installation is unattended.

This command installs the cleanini tool, written by Carsten Arnold.

This command cleans the Suntan Special settings, adding any missing settings, and removing any extra settings.

The install is unattended.

This Qt5 app allows you to download videos from various web sites, including YouTube. This command installs the clipgrab from the Netlabs server using Yum. Qt5 is a prerequisite.

The install is unattended. The installation can take some time, be patient.

This command installs the 32-bit Command Interpreter written by Jonathan de Boyne Pollard. The 32-bit Unicode Console API is a prerequisite, and is installed also. The OS/2 Command Line Utilities are also installed, as the command interpreter would be crippled without them.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command uses the ConfigSysCheck program by David Azarewicz to check and sort Config.Sys. Any errors found are displayed and the user is prompted to accept or reject the changes. If changes are accepted, a backup is made of the current Config.Sys.

This software will be downloaded from David Azarewicz' web site."

This command installs ConfigTool 1.30, a config.sys tool. Config Tool can edit the config.sys, and for each line, displays the documentation for that line from its database. The installation includes files from the January 2004 update.

The install is unattended.

Cppcheck is an analysis tool for C/C++ code. It provides unique code analysis to detect bugs and focuses on detecting undefined behaviour and dangerous coding constructs. The goal is to detect only real errors in the code, and generate as few false positives (wrongly reported warnings) as possible. Cppcheck is designed to analyze your C/C++ code even if it has non-standard syntax, as is common in for example embedded projects.

The port was done by: Elbert Pol aka TeLLie

This command installs the sound card driver for the Crystalizer ISA audio card.

It is safe to take all of the default values suggested by the install program. A reboot is needed after the install completes.

Procedure
The IBM Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 window is open.
Press Install
Allow it to change Config.Sys
Specify the number of Audio Devices in your system. It is likely
that the default value of 1 is correct.
Specify the number of Midi Devices in your system. The default is
likely to be correct.
Press OK to dismiss the dialog.
Let Suntan Special reboot the computer.

This command installs Daniela Engert's ATAPI driver, version 0.4.0. The command recognizes that the driver is sometimes installed as DANIATAP.FLT but installs as DaniATAPI.FLT. The command removes IBMATAPI.FLT, IBMIDECD.FLT and RSJIDECD.FLT from the Config.Sys file.

This install is unattended, and config.sys is modified, so a reboot is necessary after the installation completes.

This command installs Daniela Engert's DASD driver. (DaniDASD.DMD) This driver is only applicable to Warp 4. This driver should not be used with a system that uses LVM.

This install is unattended, and config.sys is modified, so a reboot is necessary after the installation completes.

This command installs Daniela Engert's EIDE driver. (DaniS506.ADD) DaniS506 is now maintained by Steven Levine

Version 1.8.15

This install is unattended, and config.sys is modified, so a reboot is necessary after the installation completes. Reference to IBMS506.ADD in config.sys is changed to DaniS506.ADD. Reference to PCMSSDIF.SYS is removed.

This command installs Dave Gnukem, ported by Andreas Peters.

Dave Gnukem is a "Duke Nukem I" clone. Your mission is, to stop Dr. ???. He want ruling the world with his army.

Dave Gnukem requires SNAP graphics. It will not run without SDDHELP.SYS installed.

This command installs the OS/2 Device Driver Toolkit. The installation is unattended. The installation creates a folder with icons for all of the documentation that comes with the toolkit. Thanks to Timur Tabi who posted the correct heirarchy for the toolkit files.

IBM has withdrawn the Device Driver Toolkit. Should you find a copy, use this command to install it.

There are 46 zip files to download which adds up to 113,886,285 bytes. You may download fewer files, and this command will create a partial toolkit from the files you download.

Device Driver Kit files Display Device Drivers and Test Tools video.zip source code comvideo.zip build environment tools.zip build tools tcdisp.zip display test suite DBCS Device Drivers dcbs.zip source code comdcbs.zip build environment tools.zip build tools PC Card CARDBUS Device Drivers pccard.zip source code Printer Device Drivers and Test Tools print.zip source code comprint.zip build environment wpshell.zip WPSHell source comwpsh.zip WPShell build environment tools.zip build tools tcprt.zip printer test suite Storage Device Drivers and Test Tools dasd.zip dasd code cdrom.zip cdrom source code combase.zip build environment tools.zip build tools tcstor.zip storage test suite Input/Output Device Drivers and Test Tools inout.zip source code tcio.zip wheel mouse source code combase.zip build environment tools.zip build tools tcio.zip input/output test suite Multimedia Device Drivers and Test Tools mmpmpd.zip source code combase.zip build environment tools.zip build tools tcmm.zip multimedia test suite tcmmdata.zip multimedia test data Multimedia Audio Stream Handler / Video Capture VSD Source Sample MPEG Playback Application Source mmpmetc.zip source code commme.zip build environment tools.zip build tools tcmm.zip multimedia test suite tcmmdata.zip multimedia test data LAN Device Drivers and Test Tools ndiss.zip ndis specification nicsample.zip MAC sample wedge.zip wedge test tool ibmtool.zip IBMTool test tool nddk.zip NDIS device driver kit Device Driver Test Tool (DDTT) ddtt.zip source code tools.zip build tools tccomm.zip generic device driver test suite Microsoft Compiler/Assembler Build Tools masm60.zip Microsoft MASM 6.0 msc60.zip Microsoft C 6.0 DDK Documentation ZIP files alpbook.zip ALP Assembler Reference dispbook.zip Display Device Driver Reference gradbook.zip GRADD Device Driver Reference inbook.zip Input/Output Device Driver Reference mmpmbook.zip Multimedia Device Driver Reference ap2book.zip Multimedia Test Suite Documentation pddbook.zip Physical Device Driver Reference pdrbook.zip Presentation Device Driver Reference penbook.zip Pen for OS/2 Device Driver Reference prntbook.zip Printer Device Driver Reference dasdbook.zip Storage Device Driver Reference useddk.zip 'Using Your DDK' Build Instructions vddbook.zip Virtual Device Driver Reference

This command cleans up after weird install problems caused by some app installs. Each case is tested, and action is taken only if a problem is detected.

This install is unattended.

This command installs DFSee. DFSee is a generic disk, partition and filesystem utility for maintenance and data-recovery. It supports partition tables (FDISK, LVM), FAT, FAT32, HPFS, NTFS, and partly JFS, EXT2/3 or REISER filesystems. DFSee is now FREE for use, no registration required! Any references to keys, registrations and licenses refer to the OLDER version only!

The Dooble web browser for OS/2, created by bitwiseworks. The April 7, 2025 build by Dave Yeo is installed.

Dooble is a technology demonstration of the QT Webengine under OS/2. The installation can take some time to download and install.

The Dooble web browser for OS/2, created by bitwiseworks and Paul Smedley. QT6 version, experimental

libvpx8.dll from NetLabs experimental is copied to the dooble lib directory

The command can set up a blocklist

This command installs DOSBox/2, a DOS emulator ported and maintained by Jochen Sch„fer.

This command prompts the user to download files from the Arca Noae website. The download of these files cannot be automated. Current support is required for this operation.

This command installs DragText, a WPS enhancer. The installation is attended. Basic features of DragText are freeware while the extended features are shareware. DragText is written by Rich Walsh.

This command installs DrawSWF, a program for freehand drawing that can export it's drawing as a Flash animation. DrawSWF requires Java 1.4 or higher.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command installs Dr Dialog, A "Visual Rexx" Rapid Application Development tool. Dr Dialog has been released as freeware by its author, David Morill. The controls by Chris Wohlgemuth are also installed.

The installation is unattended, and creates a product folder.

This command installs Drift. DRIFT For OS/2 Version 1.02 beta (1995-Apr-26) with source code. Its an Asteroids kind of game. Now released Open Source under the GNU GPL license by its author.

The install is unattended. A program Icon is placed in the games folder.

This command installs drman 1.3, a Drag and Drop enabled OS/2 PM application to read help files in the Linux man format.

The install is unattended. A program object is created.

This command installs Device Driver Development Kit for 32 Bit Drivers by David Azarewicz.

This kit contains header files and a library that contains all of the system related interfaces and thunking modules necessary to build a 32 bit device driver on OS/2.

This command installs Doodle's Screen Saver version 2.4. The screen saver was created by Doodle and is currently maintained by Dave Yeo.

This command installs DVDDAO 2.0.6, a program for ripping and burning DVD. DVDDAO was written by nickk. You must have a file system capable of supporting large files to work with DVD iso images. (Probably that means you need a JFS drive with at least 4.7 GB free)

A command file is provided as examples of how to rip (leach.cmd) Two command files (burniso.cmd and burnfolder.cmd) are provided to burn DVD.

This command installs the EA Browser by Henk Kelder. The EA browser is a PM program that can display and edit extended attributes.

This command installs eAccounts, a tool for storing your passwords and keys. eAccounts is freeware by Frank Wochatz. A Blowfish encryption module is included.

The install is unattended. A program object is created.

eaclean - V1.3 - EA Cleaner Utility (Cmd) (eaclean-1.3.zip 23K) 2020-Dec-26.

Displays and cleans EA litter from files. -c or -c1 = clean ea litter only Removes unnecessary UID, GID, MODE, INO, RDEV, GEN, FLAGS EAs. -c2 = same as -c1 plus remove unnecessary .LONGNAME EAs and MR.ED.TXTPOS. -c3 = same as -c2 plus remove .LONGNAME EAs that do not match the file name. Use -c3 with caution and do not use -c3 on boot volumes.

This command installs Herwig Bauernfeind's ea Toolbox

This install is unattended.

This command installs eCalc, a calculator written by Frank Wochatz. eCalc accepts Rexx expressions.

This install is unattended, and it creates a program object.

The eCo Software runtime is required by some eCo Software programs. All libraries and extra PM control elements are distributed as eCo Software runtime. The installation is unattended.

Installation is supported on ArcaOS and eComStation only (or OS/2 with eCS directory tree.)

The eCo Software Development Kit provides access to the eCo Software runtime. All libraries and extra PM control elements are distributed as eCo Software runtime. The installation is unattended.

This command modifies Config.Sys for use on an eComStation system. The command ensures that the TEMP, TMP, DIRCMD, HOSTNAME and AUTOSTART environment variables are set. The codepage is changed to 850,437 to support the display of the Euro.

This command is suitable for eCS 1.0.

A reboot is needed after this command completes.

This command installs eCups. The installation is unattended.

The eCups control panel is added to the Setup Folder. This is a URL object that will open in the default browser. The eCups help file is placed in the Information folder.

This command installs eFTE. eFTE is a lightweight, extendable, folding text editor geared toward the programmer. eFTE is a fork of FTE with goals of taking FTE to the next step, hence, Enhanced FTE. eFTE is maintained by Gregg Young.

This command installs Embellish, an image viewing and manipulation program. Embellish development ceased in 1997, and the program has been released as freeware. The installation is unattended.

This command installs the emx runtime. An icon for the emx documentation is created.

The command makes changes to config.sys to support emx.

The install is unattended. A reboot is required after the installation is complete.

This command installs ePDF version 2.99-7; PostScript to PDF conversion software. This software makes a printer that outputs PDF files. The author is Frank Wochatz, who used to be a talented OS/2 developer.

The installation is unattended. ePDF depends on GhostScript.

This command guides the user to configure ePDF for first time use.

This command installs Euler.

EULER for OS/2 is a program to do numerical mathematics on a computer. The program does not do symbolic things, but does all number crunching fast, interactively and reliable. It can handle real and complex numbers, vectors and matrices, can produce 2D and 3D graphics, and it has a built in programming language. Additionally, EULER can do interval arithmetic, and has an exact scalar product. This version makes extensive use of OS/2 PM, including clipboard and printing.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command installs/updates evfs GUI 2.5 RC 7 and the Samba Client Utilities for eComStation Version 1.3.beta1 (Revision 868). Only eComStation 2.0 and newer is supported. After installing, a reboot is needed to load the new version.

This command installs exceptq-7.11.6.2-shl-2023-12-31.zip

With just 5 lines of code, developers can add Exceptq's comprehensive trap reporting facility to their apps. If the app encounters a fatal exception, Exceptq will generate a report containing: the call stack, disassembly of the faulting instructions, a stack dump, a listing of dlls loaded into the process, and more.

If RPM/YUM has installed exceptq, then this command will update that to the latest version in the repositories configured for rpm/yum.

The install is unattended. A reboot is recommended after installation.

This is the universal FAT driver (FAT12/FAT16/FAT32/exFAT) for OS/2 and OS/2 based systems. This project is based on the FAT32 project by Henk Kelder who released the source code as open source in January 2002.

If a previous version of FAT32 is installed, it must be uninstalled before installing this version. The uninstall is not kind to config.sys. Back up your config.sys before uninstalling FAT32, and restore it afterward. Installing this driver will make the appropriate changes to the config.sys that you saved before installing the previous version.

A reboot is needed to activate Fat32 support.

This command installs FeatherPad. FeatherPad (by Pedram Pourang, a.k.a. Tsu Jan tsujan2000@gmail.com) is a lightweight Qt plain-text editor for Linux. The OS/2 port of FeatherPad is by Jochen Sch„fer.

requires rpm/yum to install qt5 and hunspell

The install is unattended.

This command installs feature install, the OS/2 installer needed for the installation of TCP/IP 4.3, Java and other programs.

Procedure
The install will put up a dialog to warn that the workplace
shell is to be restarted. Press OK.
When the workplace shell restarts, installation is complete.

This command installs ffmpeg, a tool to convert video files from one format to another. ie .avi to mpg. ffmpeg has been ported by Paul Smedley.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object. ffmpeg depends on libc061.dll which is installed by the libc application.

This command installs ffmpeg-gui, a program to convert multi-media files. The OS/2 port is maintained by Elbert Pol.

The install is unattended. ffmpeg-gui depends on libc065.dll, QT4.7.3, gcclib452 and ffmpeg.

This command installs ffplay, a program to play videos. The OS/2 port of ffplay is maintained by Paul Smedley.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object. ffplay depends on libc061.dll.

This command installs File Commander/2. File Commander is a 32-bit text mode file manager and shell that allows you to locate, copy, move, delete, view, edit and execute your files in a quick, convenient and customizable manner. File Commander/2 is commercial software, but it is free to use. This is version v250-dev.

This command installs filestar. FileStar/2 is an OS/2 PM file manager that makes file management fun! The installation is automated using WarpIN.

The latest Firefox browser for OS/2 is FirefoxZ, Dave Yeo's rebuild of the Firefox 45.9.0 GA 2 from Bitwise. This build adds some security fixes and it is built with GCC 9.9.2. Suntan Special installs prerequistes using the rpm/yum system.

if settings include installFirefox = 'Disabled' no action is performed.

This command installs Dave Yeo's rebuild of the Firefox 45.9.0 from Bitwise. This build adds some security fixes. This is built with GCC 9.9.2 to target the 686 CPU family.

If an old copy of Firefox is found, then it's installation directory is renamed to Firefox.old. If Mozilla Home is defined in Suntan Special settings, then it is set in config.sys.

A working rpm/yum is a prerequisite.

This command installs the Flash version 7 plugin into the Mozilla plugins directory. The plugin will be installed in Firefox and Netscape as well.

This version of the Flash 7 plugin includes the r14 version of the dll from Macromedia, which works for youtube.com. In addition, the plugin is patched to work with LIBPATHSTRICT and reports itself as Flash 9.14 to avoid problems with version checking on some websites.

This command installs File Manager/2 3.25 by Mark Kimes. FM/2 is a file manager. FM/2 is currently maintained by Steven H. Levine and Gregg Young.

This command installs the Innotek Font Engine, release 1 The installation is unattended.

FotoGet/2 is a utility to ease the transfer of pictures (and movies) between a digital camera and your OS/2 (eCS) PC. FotoGet/2 supports cameras with a USB Mass Storage interface.

This command applies two updates beyond IBM's final fixpak, XR_M005. First, the PMMERGE.DLL is backleveled to that for XR_M004. Second, Object Rexx is backleveled to the level of XR_M002.

Locked files are updated in place. Reboot immediately after applying this command.

This command installs FPos, a WPS cleaning utility written by Rich Walsh. In addition to creating a program icon, the FPos program will be started. The user will be prompted to delete all Folder Position entries in the OS/2 ini file, which can cure the problem of icon drift.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command installs IBM's final free IDEDASD package. It detects LVM systems and installs the appropriate version of the driver.

This install is unattended, and config.sys is modified, so a reboot is necessary after the installation completes.

This command installs FTP Server v2.82. FTP Server is written by Peter Moylan. FTP Server is freeware.

The global variable ftpdrc can be set in settings to the location of your FTPD.INI file from a previous installation of FTP Server.

It is safe to take all of the default values suggested by the install program. If you are running a copy of ftp server, it will be stopped before installation.

Installing Ftp Server will also cause IniData to be installed. Inidata is a supporting library which provides INI file access and alternative INI functions based on a flat file (text) storage scheme.

FusePDF is an simple cross-platform and open source application used for merging, splitting and extracting PDF pages and documents. FusePDF 2.3.0 has been ported (2022-09-21) to OS/2 by Elbert Pol. Qt5 is a prerequisite which will be updated/installed by yum.

The install is unattended.

This command installs the Generalized Bitmap Module (GBM) by Heiko Nitzsche. The browser plugin is installed in known browser plugin locations. GBM.DLL is replaced anywhere on the LIBPATH. If Lucide is found, the GBM plugin is installed.

Installation is unattended by WarpIN.

This command installs the Innotek GCC 3.3.5 CSD3 compiler and associated libraries and tools. The IBM linker is included. This is not the current GCC compiler, which should be installed via RPM/YUM.

This command installs GCC 11.2.0 on top of the Innotek 3.3.5 CSD3 compiler. GCC 3.3.5 will still work, but GCC 11.2.0 will be available, too. A program object for a GCC 11.2.0 window is created. This build includes GFORTRAN.

This command installs GCC 4 runtime libraries needed for all Qt 4 installations. On OS/2 the libraries are installed to OS2\DLL, while on eCS, the libraries are installed to eCS\DLL. On ArcaOS, the installation is skipped, as the libraries are installed and maintained by RPM/YUM.

The installation is unattended. WarpIN is a pre-requisite.

This command installs GCC library 4.4.2-20091204, a prerequisite for QT 4 on eCS. OS/2 is temporarily unsupported unless it has the eCS directory tree. The installation is unattended.

This command installs GCC library 4.7.3, a prerequisite for qt4fun. The command installs to the \ecs\dll directory if it exists, else it installs to the \os2\dll directory. The installation is unattended.

This command installs genini, an ini file maintenance tool written by Peter Moylan.

Many programs need a way to save their configuration data. (Window positions, program options, etc.) OS/2 uses INI files for this purposes. The INI file format is a binary file format that is efficient in terms of rapid access, but it is not human-readable. The present package provides a way of saving INI data in human-readable form. The DumpINI program converts a binary INI file into a corresponding plain-text form. The LoadINI program performs the reverse conversion: it translates human-readable data into the binary INI form.

This command installs the GenMac network driver, version 2.20 Only drivers for detected network interfaces are installed.

To accomodate special cases, the argument Interactive will cause the installation to call WarpIN in interactive mode. This allows the base GenMac to be installed, and the GenMac driver to be installed later.

This command installs the GenMU network driver, version 0.4.5 This installation is manual. You will select the driver to be installed, then install it using MPTS.

GetMyIP prints the current IP on the screen. This is useful because it prints the external IP of a computer using NAT for its internet connection.

The command file is copied to the utils directory.

This command installs GhostScript and GSView using the installer that comes with GSView. GhostScript is version 9.10. GSView is version 5.0. GhostScript is ported by Paul Smedley. An file containing the fonts taken from an earlier version of GhostScript is installed to a fonts directory below the installation directory.

GhostScript 9.15 depends on gcclib473

You can print directly to an OS/2 printer (without converting to PDF) by specifying 'os2prn' as the driver, then selecting the desired printer queue.

The installation is manual, and the suggested directory needs to be changed by the user.

This command installs gImageReader, an optical character recognition (OCR) program. gImageReader depends on QT5.

This install is unattended, and it creates a program object.

This command installs git from the Netlabs server using Yum. Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.

The install is unattended.

This command installs Gotcha! 2.010 by Thorsten Thielen and maintained by Gregg Young. Gotcha! is a small (well not so small anymore ;-) utility for OS/2 which allows to easily capture windows, window interiors, parts of the screen or the whole desktop and save them to disk or clipboard as a picture.

This command installs IBM GRADD.

This command installs Hyperaccess Lite from the eComStation 1.0 Bonus Pak on CD #3. The product is located in the eComStation 1.1 and eComStation 1.2 CD #2 in \bontrial\ibmbon\os2image\fi\bonuspak\halite

The install is unattended.

This command installs the HelpDesk Client for OS/2 - v1.00 from VOICE.

HelpDesk Client for OS/2 is a project of OS/2 VOICE (www.os2voice.org). The client that is installed is will only connect to the Blonde Guy server. It is intended to allow Blonde Guy to do remote service on customer machines.

Run the Helpdesk client to allow Blonde Guy to control your computer. When the Helpdesk client window is closed, the connection is broken and Blonde Guy will no longer have access to the computer.

This command installs Hexedit for OS/2, a binary file editor written by Stefan Ruck.

This command installs HexMines, version 1.0

This command installs HighMem, a LX format 32bit DLL module 'loading above 512MB' marking utility, Version 1.0.0 by Yuri Dario. The installation is unattended.

This command installs a newer HPLIP to an existing eCups installation. The installation is unattended.

HyperText/2 is a kind of preprocessor for plain text files with some few special commands, which allow you to generate OS/2 INF online document files. HyperText/2 creates IPF source files out of the HyperText/2 text files and then uses the IPF compiler to create the resulting INF file.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command installs HTML Tidy. HTML Tidy can check (X)HTML code for compliance with several (X)HTML standards, correct a number of errors automatically, format the code for better readability according to the user's wishes, provide hints regarding accessability, convert between codepages, and convert bad code that is commonly generated by word processors when exporting to HTML.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command installs IBMWorks from the eComStation 1.0 Bonus Pak on CD #3 in \eCS\bonuspak\TVoice\Wiseprog\AppContents\IBMWorks.zip or from the eComStation 1.1 or eComStation 1.2 CD #2 in \bontrial\ibmbon\os2image\fi\bonuspak\ibmworks.

The install is unattended. Config.sys is modified, so a reboot is required before running IBM Works

This command installs Icon Plus by Dmitry A.Steklenev. Icon PLus is a command line application for converting icons from Windows to OS/2 and from OS/2 1.2 to OS/2 2.0.

Version 1.1.0

This install is unattended.

This command installs the Icon Tool by Henk Kelder. The Icon Tool is a PM program that can assign icons to objects. Icon Tool can also see hidden objects and delete undeletable objects. This is version 1.92

This command installs InJoy Firewall, version 4.1. If a key name and key code are specified, they are applied and the program will be registered after a reboot. Otherwise the software will operate in a 30-day evaluation.

A reboot is required after the installation is complete.

This command installs ImageMagick 6.7.4. ImageMagick is a picture manipulation program. ImageMagick was ported by Paul Smedley.

The install is unattended.

This command copies the Inetver output to the log

This command installs the InfoZip tools for creating and accessing zip files. Executable files are copied to the utility directory. This does not override built-in zip and unzip support under ArcaOS. The executables do not have any external OS/2 requirements.

GNU zip (gzip) is also installed. GNU gzip depends on GCC1.dll and Libc066.dll

This command installs IniServe 3.1. IniServe is an OS/2 ini file server written by Peter Moylan. IniServe is freeware.

INIServe implements a client-server approach to INI file editing. Thus, in principle it can be used for remote configuration of any application whose configuration parameters are kept in an OS/2 INI file.

This command installs INI tools v1.1 - (by Goran Ivankovic) IniEdit 1.20 is also installed.

The install is manual. The installation directory has been preset, so it is safe to take all the default values.

This command installs the Innotek Runtime, 1.12 The installation is unattended.

This command installs InProTrack, by Kai Evers, a tool for displaying the level of the installed software on an OS/2 system.

The install is unattended. A program object is created.

The Internet Application Integration (IAI) utility is designed to coordinate your web browser, email client and other internet applications. IAI is by Charles H. McKinnis.

This command applies the IBM Peer for OS/2 Warp 4 FixPak 8414. This FixPak applies to Warp 4.

FixPak 8414 is applied using an unattended install method. A reboot is required after applying the FixPak.

This command applies OS/2 Warp Server for e-business FixPak ip_8608. This FixPak applies to Warp Server for e-business.

FixPak ip_8608 is applied using an unattended install method. A reboot is required after applying the FixPak.

This command installs ISOFS 1.1.3. ISOFS creates a virtual disk for a CD/DVD-ROM image file (*.iso) so you can access it without having to burn any media.

This command creates a command file to access the IBM Java 2 JRE from the command line. The name of the command is J2RE. Only works with Java 1.3.0 and Java 1.3.1.

This command installs the IBM Java Development Kit version 1.1.8. The installation is unattended, and a reboot is needed after the installation is complete.

This command performs an unattended installation of the IBM Java Developers Kit version 1.3.1. Both the Runtime and the Toolkit are installed.

This command performs an unattended installation of the GoldenCode Java Developers Kit version 1.4.1. A license file, license.jvm, is required to run this product. The license is available from Golden Code Development.

The installation, documentation and license files must be supplied at installation time. If any file is not supplied, the installation will stop. The installation will create Java Web Start and configure it to run Golden Code Java.

This command installs InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Java, JRE version. Due to the Innotek license, you must download this product yourself. Suntan Special will install and configure the product once you have downloaded it. The JavaPlug command can be used to set up Java in each browser.

The setting java2Home sets the Java 2 home directory.

This command patches the Java JDK 1.1.8. The version of Java before and after the installation is displayed.

Procedure
Before the JDK 1.1.8 can be patched, all java programs must be stopped.
examples: dhcpscps.cmd, ddnsaps.cmd, binlscps.cmd
Press OK when done.

This command installs the February 1, 2006 update to the JFS file system support (version 14.105)

This command installs j-FTP, JFtp is a multi-platform, multi-protocol network browser.

j-FTP installation requires Java 6 as installed by Suntan Special.

This command installs JRescuer by Pavel Shtemenko. JRescuer is a JFS undelete and recovery program for OS/2. The command installs JRescuer and creates a program object for it. The install is unattended.

This software is try before you buy. You can buy from Mensys for $29.00 US.

This command updates the timezone code for IBM Java 1.3.1 to reflect 2007 changes to Daylight Saving Time.

This command installs KDiff3 0.9.97, a sophisticated tool for comparing and merging files and displaying differences. QT4 is a prerequisite.

This command installs K Movie Player 0.7.2, a program, based on FFplay, to play videos. The OS/2 port of kmp is maintained by KO Myung-Hun. kmp is installed and a program object is created.

The install is unattended. kmp depends on libc064.dll.

This command installs krypto to the utility directory. Krypto provides strong file encryption using the Frog cipher. Krypto was ported by Daniel de Kok.

The install is unattended.

This command installs LBMix. LBMix was written by Lesha Bogdanow. PipeMix by the same author is also installed.

The installation is unattended.

This command installs the LED Panel Font, which was created by Herwig Bauernfeind. The command is automated.

This command installs Innotek LibC 0.5.1, a prerequisite for some older software on OS/2.

This command installs the Liberation Fonts used by Java 6.

The command is automated. A reboot is necessary before using the fonts.

This command installs Lightweight2 0.11.0b, a lightweight web browser based on Qt and WebKit.

This install is unattended. Prerequisites are Qt 4, gcc444 and libc.

This command installs Lines 1.21, a tile game.

Lines is an OS/2 game by Daniel F. Valot.

Mr. Valot may be reached at dvalot@free.fr

This command installs both loaddskf and savedskf in the utility directory.

The installation is unattended.

This command installs look4ddll, a program to check for dependencies written by Rich Walsh. The program is copied to the utility directory.

This command installs Lotus SmartSuite version 1.7.

The installation is unattended. The installation has about 100 modifications which install the full SmartSuite, instead of just the commonly used parts.

After the IBM installer completes, this command makes a change to config.sys to prevent the system from being hosed.

This command upgrades Lotus SmartSuite from version 1.7 to version 1.73.

The installation is unattended. The installation has about 100 modifications which install the full SmartSuite, instead of just the commonly used parts.

This command installs patches to Lotus SmartSuite version 1.73 including IBM Lotus SmartSuite for OS/2 Warp 4 Release 1.7 Fixpack 3 Patch Release #1 - January, 2006 and OS/2 Warp 4 Release 1.7 Fixpack 3 Patch Release #2 - July, 2006 and OS/2 Warp 4 Release 1.7 Fixpack 3 Patch Release #3 - July, 2007.

The installation is unattended.

This command installs lsof, a program to list open files on OS/2 written by Galen Henderson. The installation copies the lsof executable to the util dir, and is unattended.

This command installs lsusb, a command line program that enumerates currently connected USB peripherals. The program and library are installed to the utils directory. Lsusb and the libusb library have been ported by Paul Smedley. updated to the current usb.ids file from linux.org

The install is unattended.

Lucide for eCS is a PDF viewer developed by Serenity Systems. This command installs the English version. Lucide is freely available.

Lucide has prerequisites of UConv, gcc4core and LIBC 0.6.5.

A Workplace shell association is made between PDF files and the Lucide program object.

This command applies the August 12, 2004 LVM update. This patch applies to MCP, WSeB, ACP and eCS.

The LVM update is applied using an unattended install method. A reboot is required after applying this patch.

This command installs lxlite, a program to compress OS/2 executable files. The command also installs unlock.exe, a program to allow copying over locked files.

This command installs MangoCom Router Monitor Version 0.90 by Blonde Guy, May 2021

This product is intended to provide OS/2 support for routers running GL.iNet

This command installs Mars, an old-fashioned arcade game from the sNOa Game Pack.

This command guides the user to create a Suntan Special master sequence suitable for the operating system installed and purpose of installing the whole suite of fixes and applications on the computer.

This command installs mbmon The FastioA driver is also installed.

Beta 1

This install is unattended, and config.sys is modified, so a reboot is necessary after the installation completes.

This command modifies Config.Sys with my favorite changes.

A reboot is needed because Config.Sys is changed.

This command installs Mr Ed, a programmers editor. Mr Ed (med) is shareware by Matthias Pfersdorff. The author requests a $25 payment if you find the product useful.

This install is unattended, and config.sys is modified, so a reboot is necessary after the installation completes.

This command installs System Resources, also known as MemSize, a system monitor tool by Rich Papo. System Resources is abandonware.

The install is unattended, but then System Resources starts and needs to know the directory for its ini file. The default is a safe response. The command creates a program object.

This command installs the Mesa2 spreadsheet. Mesa2 is commercial software which appears to no longer be available. A product Key is required for ongoing use, so unless you already have one, this application will be of little use.

This command was contributed by Bart Bremmers. This install is manual.

This command installs MMIOMP3 by Russell O'Connor.

It is safe to take all the defaults suggested by the installer.

A reboot is required after the installation is complete.

Procedure
The IBM Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 window is open.
Press Install
Allow it to change Config.Sys
Press OK to dismiss the dialog.

This command installs MoneyDance 2008, a financial management package. MoneyDance requires Java 1.3.1 or higher. The current version of MoneyDance requires Java 1.5, which is not available on OS/2 or eComStation.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object. If Java 1.4.1 is available, then that is used, else Java 1.3.1, else Java 1.4.2.

This command installs MP3diags, A Qt GUI-based application that allows end-users to identify issues with their MP3 files.

This command installs mplayer 1.4, a program to play videos. The OS/2 port of mplayer is maintained by KO Myung-Hun. SMPlayer 17.1.0 is installed and a program object is created.

The install is unattended. SMPlayer and mplayer depend on libc065.dll. SMPlayer depends on QT4.7.3, gcclib446 and gcc4core 1.2.2.

This command installs Mr Message. Mr Message is an AIM/ICQ client program written my Marty Amodeo.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command installs Sitting Multi for OS/2 PM, version 1.06. OS/2 Multi is a screen toy. OS/2 Multi is freeware written by Akira Hatakeyama. The command creates and icon that starts Multi in English.

This command installs the ncftp from the Netlabs server using Yum. the old ncftp is removed. ncftp is a command line FTP client that supports passive mode.

The install is unattended.

This command installs the Dropbox plugin (beta 9) for NetDrive for OS/2. The install fails if NetDrive is not found.

NetDrive and RPM/YUM are prerequisites for the Dropbox plugin

To run the plugin for more than 30 minutes, a license key can be purchased from BitWise. The download is no longer available, and each new version must be purchased separately.

This command installs the version 2.5 of the ISO plugin for NetDrive for OS/2. The install is unattended. The install fails if NetDrive is not found.

This command installs the version 1.0 of the NTFS plugin for NetDrive for OS/2. The install is unattended. The install fails if NetDrive is not found.

Known bugs are:

a. moving/renaming files across the NTFS volume does not work currently. Use combination of copy and delete instead of move while waiting this bug to be fixed ;)

This command installs the SMB plugin for NetDrive for OS/2. The install is unattended. The installation will update eCS SMB support if found and also NetDrive support if found.

GA works, newer versions do not. Install this if you have installed 2.2.0 to eliminate traps on executing files on mounted drives. The GA version here is based on the SAMBA 3.3.16 client code.

This command installs the Netlabs EPM Distribution, version 1.24. The Netlabs EPM Distribution (NEPMD) it is a collection of open source macros and scripts that extend functionality and simplify the usage of the Enhanced Editor (EPM) from IBM that is shipped with the OS/2 Warp operating systems.

This command installs NetDrive for OS/2 version 3.16. The system must be rebooted before installing plugins. New versions of NetDrive can be purchased from BitWise.

After installing netdrive and rebooting, run netdriveConfig to perform any required network configuration.

This command configures NetDrive for OS/2 version 3.16. The system must be rebooted before configuration.

This command installs Nethack.

The install is unattended. A program Icon is placed in the games folder.

This command installs NetRexx 3.04 by Mike Cowlishaw of IBM. My own version of bgnrc.cmd is installed as well.

The install is unattended.

NetRexx requires Java. Version 3.04 is the last version that can run under the OpenJDK 6 available for OS/2.

This command installs NewView, an enhanced help viewer. Ronald Brill took over as project maintainer in 2006, and Alex Taylor has been handling program updates since 2019. NewView is a Netlabs project.

This command installs NightVision, a "planetarium" program for OS/2 written by Brian Simpson.

This command installs NISTime, by Pieter Bras. NISTIME is a TCP/IP application which queries NIST Internet time servers using the SNTP (RFC 2030) or Daytime (RFC 867) services and optionally adjusts the OS/2 system clock..

This command installs No Gravity, an SDL/2 Game ported to OS/2 by Gianfilippo Cimmino.

No Gravity 2.00, a fantastic and futuristic universe made of five intergalactic worlds. An arcade type game with great playability, where it is easy to plunge into space battles against spacefighters, space stations and more! The source code of the classic No Gravity was released by RealTech VR, Ltd. on February 16, 2005. Release 2.00 for OS/2.

This command installs the Netlabs Open Source Archive client.

This command installs NoScript into Mozilla, Firefox, PmW-Fx, SeaMonkey and SeaMonkey2 web browsers. The NoScript Firefox extension provides extra protection for Firefox, Seamonkey and other mozilla-based browsers: this free, open source add-on allows JavaScript, Java, Flash and other plugins to be executed only by trusted web sites of your choice (e.g. your online bank).

This command installs numlock to the utilities directory. numlock is a utility for setting the state of the numlock key.

The installation is unattended.

This command installs nyaos (Nihongo Yet Another Open Shell) 2001-2013 (c) HAYAMA,Kaoru

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command installs Odin. Odin provides support for Win32 programs under OS/2 and eComStation. The installation is automated using WarpIN.

The Odin version is 0.8.9

This command installs Odin App. Odin App tests the Odin installation and adds some useful files.

This command installs oo, a command line utility to manipulate Workplace Shell Objects, to the utilities directory. oo is written by Rich Walsh.

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11 for OS/2 by BitWise. You must download your own copy of OpenOffice from BitWise. See http://www.bitwiseworks.com for details.

Apache OpenOffice is comprised of six personal productivity applications: a word processor (and its web-authoring component), spreadsheet, presentation graphics, drawing, equation editor, and database.

The environment variable User is tested and if absent, it is set in Config.Sys.

rpm/yum is used to check/install prerequisites. If rpm/yum fail, required dlls are copied to the installation directory.

The code sections are marked to load high. This can be changed manually after installation if needed.

This command installs OpenTTD version 0.7.5, ported by Owen Rudge. The port is now maintained by Paul Smedley.

OpenTTD is an open source clone of the popular DOS game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe" using SDL. Note that the original game data files are currently required.

This command installs the OpenWatcom C++ compiler version 2.01 and associated libraries and documentation. The command creates envwcc.cmd to set up the environment for a compiler command line session.

The OpenWatcom C++ compiler is licensed software. Any use (including without limitation reproduction, modification or distribution) of the Software, and any other affirmative act that you define, constitutes acceptance of the License

This version of OpenWatcom is maintained by David Azarewicz

This command installs the OpenWatcom FORTRAN compiler version 1.9 and associated libraries and documentation. The command creates envf77.cmd to set up the environment for a compiler command line session. bgenvf77.cmd and bgide.cmd are created to run a command window and the ide with the appropriate environment without modifying config.sys.

Open Watcom FORTRAN 1.9 is licensed software. Any use (including without limitation reproduction, modification or distribution) of the Software, and any other affirmative act that you define, constitutes acceptance of the License

This command creates an icon for Object REXX Information.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command installs OS/2 Developers Toolkit 4.52. The toolkit can be found on the OS/2 CP or eCS CD-ROM.

The installation is unattended. None of the classes are registered, and only the Information objects are created. A newer resource compiler (rc.exe) is included.

This command cleans up after installing OS/2 Developers Toolkit 4.52 (or 4.51).

Most references to the toolkit are removed from paths in config.sys.

This command installs the 7-zip archiver. 7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. After running this command, 7z is available on the command line (or updated in the case of eComStation.)

This command installs an icon for Password Exporter installation.

This command sets the computer to ignore errors while config.sys is processed. An argument of "NO" will cause the computer to continue booting without pausing, while any other entry will cause the computer to pause on errors while the config.sys is processed.

This command installs PCI, a program to scan the PCI bus and report on the cards found. A recent copy of pci.ids is added.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command installs perl using Yum. The old perl is not removed.

The install is unattended.

Sets the preferred platform for RPM/YUM to pentium4

This command installs PM123 v1.43. PM123 is an excellent open source PM based digital audio player for OS/2. It is capable of playing MP3's, WAV-files, Ogg Vorbis audio files, and audio CDs. PM123 supports audio streaming, plugins, skins, visualization and more! There is also excellent documentation in .INF format.

Originally developed by Samuel Audet and Taneli Leppa, it is now being developed by Dmitry Steklenev. Credit is also given to Marcel Muller for several fixes, and new features.

This command installs PMATE, the PM Automated Test Environment. PMATE is used to test PM programs. It can also automate programs which only have a PM interface.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command installs PM Camera.

The install is unattended.

This command installs PMDiff, a file and directory comparison program by Daniel J Neades and Jason R Shannon. PMDiff is released as freeware.

This command installs the PM DLL Lister, version 3.4. This build is by Andrey Vasilkin, with contributions by Steven Levine and Alex Taylor.

This command installs PMFax Pro

The install is unattended.

This command installs the new PMFormat. This is experimental code. It replaces OS/2 components.

The install is unattended.

This command installs PMMail 3.25.

PMMail requires LibC. The installation automated with the following exception. If the installer pops up a dialog box, press the Execute, then the Done button. You can migrate later by using the Migration icon in the product folder.

This command installs PMMine, a Minesweeper clone

This command installs PMPrintf, originally by Mike Colishaw, now maintained by Dennis Bareis and Andreas Buchinger.

This command installs PMSheet, an image viewer.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object and does object associations.

This command installs PMUniMix version 0.82, An audio mixer for eCS & OS/2 with UniAud. PM mixer for uniaud which should list all available devices supported by your audio chip. An icon for PMUniMix will be created in the Multimedia folder.

This command installs PMView Pro demo, version 3.82. PMView Pro is a versatile and fast image viewer and converter. You will need to download your copy of the full version of PMView Pro in order to register it.

PMView is a product of Peter Neilson. PMView is shareware, and is priced around $49.95

This command installs PMView Pro, version 3.82. PMView Pro is a versatile and fast image viewer and converter. You will need to download your copy of the full version of PMView Pro in order to register it. For full detailed download and installation instructions, please refer to http://www.pmview.com/os2inst

PMView is a product of Peter Neilson. PMView is shareware. As of July 2018, it was priced at $49.95.

This command installs PMWipe.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command installs the PolarBar Mailer, or, if an installation exists and is available, then an icon is created that points to the existing installation.

You may designate an existing installation by specifying a polarbarMailDir in the settings file. If no such setting exists, then a new copy of PolarBar is installed.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command installs Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer. This viewer is freely available on the Microsoft Website. Also included are some extra items to allow the viewer to run on OS/2

Odin is required to run PowerPoint Viewer.

This command installs Alex Taylor's PM Printer Manager version 0.85. PM Printer Manager is a new graphical printer management tool designed to replace several older, separate programs by integrating their functions in one central tool. This includes creating standard OS/2 printers (local and LAN), creating CUPS-based printers, upgrading or downgrading IBM 'PrinterPak' driver packages, and creating new PostScript printer drivers by importing PPD files.

The VROBJ extensions are a prerequisite. Install vrobj to reinstall vrobj.dll and vrobjex.dll. The PR1Utils are a prerequisite. Install pr1utils to install pr1utils.dll The installation is automated, and requires WarpIN.

This command installs ProNews v1.60, a usenet client. ProNews used to be shareware, but is now maintained as donationware.

The installation is attended, and you're advised to change the installation directory from it's default in the root of the C: drive.

This command installs Alex Taylor's PSPRINT printer driver, an experimental new version of the OS/2 PostScript print driver, which aims to supersede the original driver (PSCRIPT.DRV) from IBM. Compared to the IBM driver, it fixes a number of bugs, contains some tweaks designed to improve compatibility with CUPS, and has one major new feature: support for embedded TrueType fonts.

This install can be complex. If you use PPD files to support your printers, place all your PPD source files in one directory.

This command installs PTPro 1.10. PTPro is a camera support program. PTPro was ported by Rich Walsh.

PTPro is a command-line program for retrieving pictures & information from your PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) based digital camera.

With PTPro, you can rename & renumber your photos and thumbnails as you save them, view extended info about your pictures (e.g. size in pixels), and of course, erase them. PTPro can also show you info about your camera: the formats it uses, its storage capacity, etc.

The install is unattended.

This command installs python using Yum. The old python is not removed.

The install is unattended.

This command installs QBittorrent version 3.1.9. QT4 is a prerequisite.

This command installs qe, Quick Text Editor, by Alex Taylor. Quick Text Editor is a simple text editor modelled after IBM's OS/2 System Editor and Aaron Lawrence's AE.

requires the Qt4, kLIBC 0.6.6 and GCC1 runtime libraries.

The install is unattended.

QPDFView is a PDF viewer that relies on QT. This command installs the current version of qpdfview using yum. Yum will handle the many dependencies and requirements for QPDFView.

if an old installation of QPDFView is found, it is removed.

This command installs QSINIT (Aug-1-19), a replacement OS/2 loader by Dmitry Zavalskov (dixie).

QSINIT is a small 32-bit something (you may call it an operating system, or a "small DOS"), that you can write applications for, and that may act as an OS/2 kernel bootloader.

The author of this software, Dmitry Zavalskov, has reserved the copyright to himself. The binary is released as freeware, the source code as freeware for non-commercial use.

If an optional argument is equal to "uninstall", QSINIT will be removed.

This command installs QSoloCards. The QT4 framework, libc and gcc4core are prerequisite.

This command installs QT4Fun, an collection of games that use the QT4 framework. The QT4 framework is a prerequisite, as are LibC 0.6.5 and GCC lib 4.4.1, 4.4.2 and 4.5.2.

This command installs Qupzilla 1.8.9, a new and one of many Qt WebKit Browsers. The QT4 framework version 4.7, libc and gcclib446 are prerequisite. If libqt4-webkit is not installed, yum is automatically called to install it.

A patch for SSL is done to Qt.

Qupzilla now depends on (p7zip) 7z. eCS already has 7z.

This command installs RAMFS, a RAM disk implemented as an installable file system. RAMFS was originally written by Karl Olsen and is currently maintained by Andrew Belov.

The install is unattended. A reboot is required after installation.

This is the Remote Desktop Protocol client 1.8.6 port for OS/2 and eComStation. RDESKTOP is a client for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), used in a number of Microsoft products including Windows NT Terminal Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server. This port is by Andrey Vasilkin, 2021.

The installation is unattended and makes a program object that prompts for the server name and the user name.

This command installs Recognita v2.00a. Recognita Plus 2.0 for OS/2 2.X. Recognita Plus 2.0 is a suitable for use on the OS/2 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) application.

This install is unattended.

This command customizes the Recovery Choices menu with the hostname and boot drive letter.

This command creates a redbooks directory, and populates it with quite a few redbooks.

This command creates an icon for the OS/2 registry editor.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command ensures that unicode.sys is included in config.sys.

Rexx Autostart is a workaround for timing problems that lead to a WPS hang on startup. Rexx Autostart is by Herwig Bauernfeind and Charles H. McKinnis.

This command removes Netscape 4.61. Netscape 4.61 is automatically installed for eComStation and MCP and ACP. This version of Netscape is obsolete, so this command removes it.

The install is unattended, and a reboot is needed to complete the removal of Netscape 4.61.

This command removes the OpenJDK 6 software development toolkit (SDK).

This command installs Rocks'n'Diamonds, ported by Paul Smedley.

This new version finally finishes the new, native game engine to play original Emerald Mine and Emerald Mine Club levels exactly like in the original Amiga games.

This command installs Roids version 2.3, a space-based shoot-em up game loosely based on Asteroids. Roids was later released as Havoc by StarDock in their OS/2 essentials package.

Roids is abandonware by Leonard Guy. I wish you luck contacting the author,

This command installs Mr. Romy watches You, a screen toy. Mr. Romy is GPL and comes with source code.

RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a powerful command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating computer software packages. Each software package consists of an archive of files along with information about the package like its version, a description, and the like. There is also a library API, permitting advanced developers to manage such transactions from programming languages such as C or Python. RPM is free software, released under the GNU GPL. YUM is an automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur to install packages. It makes it easier to maintain groups of machines without having to manually update each one using rpm. Yum has a plugin interface for adding simple features. Yum can also be used from other python programs via its module interface.

Suntan Special autmatically installs the bootstrap, but installing Yum itself is a manual step. The user must look at any error messages to decide if the installation succeeded. Once yum is installed, a reboot is needed for PATH and LIBPATH changes to take effect.

This command installs RSJ CD-Writer 6.03

The installation is unattended, but the installer shows up on the screen. If user-supplied registration keys are not accepted by the installer, the installation will prompt for user name. When the installer completes, config.sys will be changed to permit the system to see the CD-RW as a normal CD-Rom. The buffer sizes are increased to 64K to handle modern DVD Writers.

A reboot is required after the installation is complete.

rsync is an open source utility that provides fast incremental file transfer. rsync is freely available under the GNU General Public License version 2 and is currently being maintained by Wayne Davison. The OS/2 port is maintained by Paul Smedley and Steven Levine.

The rsync website can be found at: http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/.

This install is unattended. If an existing installation is found, it is backed up to rsync.old. Examples for using rsync to mirror disk directories are included. Rsync depends on LIBC 0.6.5

This command installs Run! version 0.80 to the utility directory. Run is a utility to set the environment before running an application. Rich Walsh is the author of Run!

The install of Run! is unattended.

This command runs Netscape for the first time. This causes the profile manager to be run to create the first profile. A web page with configuration changes is displayed. Configuration changes are now automatic. Exit Netscape to allow this command to make the changes.

This command installs RXU, a Rexx utility library by Dave Boll.

The install is unattended.

This command installs the Samba Server for OS/2. The OS/2 version is samba-1-3-0-1022. It is based on samba.org version 3.6.25. The installation is interactive, and you will be prompted for which things to initialize and for the admin and guest passwords.

Samba depends on rpm/yum to install required libraries.

This command backs up the SAMBA server configuration files from the current machine. A companion app, sambaRestore will restore SAMBA server configuration files to the current machine.

This command displays instructions for configuring Samba Server for the first time.

This command restores the SAMBA server configuration files to the current machine. A companion app, sambaBackup backs up the SAMBA server configuration files from the current machine.

Only users and groups are restored. The Samba Configuration file, smb.conf, can be copied manually.

This command installs PM Same, a tile game.

PM Same is freeware by Daniel F. Valot.

Mr. Valot may be reached at dvalot@free.fr

This command installs Scribus 1.4.4. Scribus is an Open Source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4/eComStation and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout. Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, Spot Colors, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation. Scribus is installed and a program object is created. The install is unattended. Scribus depends on libc065.dll, mzfntcfgft, Ghostscript, Python 2.7 GCCLIB446 and QT4.7.3

This command installs InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Java, SDK version. Suntan Special will install and configure the product once you have downloaded it. The JavaPlug application can be used to configure the browser plugin.

The setting java2Home sets the Java 2 home directory.

This command installs the OpenJDK 6 software development toolkit (SDK). Rexx command files, J6RE.CMD, to invoke the Java 6 runtime, and J6C.CMD to invoke the Java 6 compiler, are placed in the utilities directory. OpenJDK 6 is 1.6.0 Build 27 GA5.

The command is automated. Prerequisites are LiberationFonts, libc, odin 0.8.9, xsystray 0.1.1 and gcc4core 1.2.1.

This command installs SeaHaven Towers 3.01, a card game.

SeaHaven Towers is freeware by J Daniel Kulp. Mr Kulp is also involved in the writing and maintenance of the Mesa spreadsheet.

Mr. Kulp may be reached at dan@kulp.com

This command installs the unofficial version of SeaMonkey 2.42.9 GA the OS/2 open source browser, built by Dave Yeo, then rebuilt with security fixes with GCC 10.3.0.

If an old copy of SeaMonkey is found, then it's installation directory is renamed to SeaMonkey2.old. If MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH is not defined, then pIugins are copied from the old SeaMonkey installation to the new one. If no previous SeaMonkey, then plug-ins are copied from Mozilla. If no Mozilla, then plugins are copied from Netscape. A program folder object is created with browser, mail and profile manager objects with a nice icon. If run! is installed, SeaMonkey!.exe is created. If Mozilla Home is defined in Suntan Special settings, then it is set in config.sys.

Automatically set my custom sounds, all 44.1 KHz to work with USB Audio Driver (Make your own default sounds file based on this one)

This command installs the IBM default GRADD driver. A reboot is required to enable the default GRADD driver.

This command sets the uniaud adapter number

On some systems, the adapter number must be specified. Add UniaudAdapter=1 to Suntan Special settings to add the command line switch /A:1 to Uniaud32.sys.

This command modifies the USBMSD.ADD line in Config.Sys to set the number of drive letters to reserve for USB cdrom drives. This command takes an argument, the number of USB cdrom drives. If the now-obsolete USBCDROM.ADD driver is found in Config.Sys, it is removed.

A reboot may be needed after this command completes.

This command modifies the USBMSD line in Config.Sys to set the number of floppies. This command takes an argument, the number of USB floppies.

A reboot is needed after this command completes.

This command modifies the USBMSD line in Config.Sys to set the number of USB removable drives. This command takes an argument, the number of USB removable drives.

A reboot is needed after this command completes.

This command installs the IBM default VGA driver. A reboot is required to enable the default VGA driver.

This command opens the Volume applet.

Shorten is a lossless audio compressor and decoder. This command installs the shorten tool. A copy is placed in the utility directory.

This command will shut the system. You may need to press control-alt-delete to reboot.

This command installs the Alex Taylor's shutkill program.

This command installs Sitting Sit-o-chirari for OS/2 PM, version 1.06. OS/2 Sit-o-chirari is a screen toy. OS/2 Sit-o-chirari is freeware. The command creates and icon that starts Sit-o-chirari in English.

This command installs Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic, also known as SlashEM. The OS/2 port of SlashEM 0.0.6e4f7 is by Pekka Rousu

The install is unattended. A program Icon is placed in the games folder.

This command installs the SmartMon, an OS/2-based S.M.A.R.T. monitor written by Andrew Belov. It is a VIO program that can display and monitor hard disk status.

This command installs the SmartMonTools, an OS/2-based S.M.A.R.T. monitor ported by Alex Samorukov, samm@os2.kiev.ua. It is a VIO program that can display and monitor hard disk status.

Program objects are created to display SMART data for each available hard drive.

This command installs SmartSVN 7.0.7, an innovative multi-platform client for Subversion, the designated successor of CVS. SmartSVN has powerful features like built-in File Compare/Merge, Change Report or Tag and Branch handling.

The command file to run SmartSVN is updated with a java option to allocate 512 MB heap memory, without which a large project like PMMail/2 will not work.

The command creates a program objects for running under Java 6.00.

This command installs SciTech SNAP graphics version 3. The installation is unattended. If no registration code is provided, then the free registration code from SciTech is used.

This command installs sox. Sox stands for Sound eXchange and it is a universal sound sample translator. A copy of sox is placed in the utility directory. The sox port is maintained by Mentore Siesto

libc is a prerequisite for sox.

This command installs StarOffice 5.1a, an office suite by Star Division, a which was later taken over by Sun Microsystems and then Oracle.

The install program does not suggest the correct directory for installation. The user must enter a large amount of information during the install process.

When the install program begins the install, it then asks for the directory for Java. Be careful to select the correct one, the default is usually wrong. The Java Home should indicate the current boot drive.

When this installation is complete, the StarOfficePatch application should be installed.

This command installs patch 109258-02 for StarOffice 5.1a.

The install is unattended.

This command installs Stellar Frontier 1.10, a space-based, multi-player internet shoot-em-up game.

Stellar Frontier is the last OS/2 game from StarDock eComStation users have a license for the Admiral's Club.

This command installs StockMarket/2, a stock tracking program created by Dimitris 'sehh' Michelinakis.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command installs subversion 1.6.12, a version control system. Subversion requires libc063.dll from netlabs. Subversion has been ported by Paul Smedley.

This install is unattended.

This command installs SunnyPills, an old-fashioned arcade game

This command installs Suntan Special version 0.69.

This command installs Sysbench 0.9.5c by Trevor Hemsley. Sysbench is a comprehensive benchmarking program for OS/2. The command installs Sysbench and creates a program object for it. An updated pcidevs.txt (from 2008) is also installed. The install is unattended.

This command installs SystemInfo, a clone of the Norton SystemInfo for Windows originally by Alexey S. Smirnof, and continued by Yuri Prokushev. This installation is unattended.

This command installs SystemLoad and cputemp, system load monitor and a temperature monitoring application which includes an eCenter widget. Thanks to Vasilkin Andrey for creating SystemLoad and cputemp. cputemp requires XWorkPlace or equivalent.

A reboot is needed to load a device drver. Config.sys is updated.

System tray widget for XCenter, version 0.3

This command installs the System tray widget for XCenter. After installation, user can create system tray widget on eCenter or xCenter manually.

This command installs Tame/2. Tame/2 provides easy scanner access. Tame/2 includes SANE, Scanner Access Now Easy. Tame/2 requires MMOS/2, REXX and emx. Tame/2 has been ported by Paul Smedley.

This command installs TCPConfig by Reinhard Berger.

This command installs TCP/IP version 4.3. Supported systems include Warp 4 and Warp Server for e-Business. The installation is unattended.

TCP/IP 4.3 is an IBM Reserved Feature. But it can no longer be downloaded from IBM, so Suntan Special downloads the required files Archive.org.

A reboot is required after installing TCP/IP 4.3.

This command cleans up after the installation of IBM TCP/IP version 4.32.

TCP/IP 4.3 can be downloaded from Software Choice or www.ecomstation.com

A reboot is required after this command.

This command opens the TCP/IP configuration for TCP/IP version 4.1 and up found in Warp Server for e-business, MCP, ACP and eComStation.

Procedure
create TCP/IP users and/or edit their settings
activate FTP and telnetd servers.
This is also the place to configure TCP/IP printing.
Press OK to close the configuration program.
Press OK to save settings.
Press Cancel to reboot later.

This command installs OS/2 Backgammon, version 1.0, also known as TD-Gammon. TD-Gammon is a world-famous computer program based on research in Artificial Neural Network technology, TD-Gammon taught itself to play backgammon, starting from scratch.

The neural network used in this game is described in G. Tesauro, "Temporal Difference Learning and TD-Gammon," Communications of the ACM, volume 38, No. 3, pp. 58-68 (March 1995)

TD-Gammon was released as part of the IBM Family Fun Pak.

Testlog creates a log file that you can submit with your test results when reporting a problem with a driver. This program collects all the data about your system and the driver under test, and puts it into a single log file with appropriate dividers between the sections in the file.

This command installs Theseus 4, the memory analysis tool from IBM. The installation is unattended. An icon for Theseus is created. Lars Erdmann's fix for IDT table display is included.

This command installs Thunderbird 45.8.0 GA, the OS/2 open source e-mail client as ported by Dave Yeo and rebuilt with security fixes using GCC 9.9.2.

If an older Thunderbird directory is found, it will be renamed to Thunderbird.old. If Run! has been installed, it will be used to create a Thunderbird icon that can be run concurrently with the Firefox web browser.

if settings include installThunderbird = 'Disabled' no action is performed.

This command installs Thunderbird 31.8.0 GA, the OS/2 open source e-mail client. This is an older Thunderbird client that should better support printing on non-postscript printers.

If an older Thunderbird31 directory is found, it will be renamed to Thunderbird31.old. If Run! has been installed, it will be used to create a Thunderbird icon that can be run concurrently with the Firefox web browser.

if settings include installThunderbird = 'Disabled' no action is performed.

This command installs TiMidity++ version 2.13.2 release 3. The installation is unattended, and creates two icons in the multimedia folder.

TiMidity++ version 2.13.2 is a port of the last released version available from the TiMidity++ website. The highly recommended EAWPatches collection of voice sample files (28 MB) is also installed.

This command installs top V2.14, an OS/2 VIO application to monitor CPU usage by process. It does NOT impose an artificial load on the system to generate usage statistics. The process list can be sorted according to various criteria (including CPU percentage, name, threads), and any process from the list can be selected to be killed.

CADH, a program that handles ctrl-alt-del is also installed.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object. Config.sys is updated to load the CADH device driver. The CAD Popup is added to the Startup Folder.

This command installs ThinkPad On Screen Display, a program to display actions of the ThinkPad, volume and brightness buttons on IBM ThinkPads. The program was written by Jan van Wijk.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object in the startup folder. The program object specifies that TPOSD run in stealth mode.

This command ensures that the system is set up to make a trap dump. Each of the requirements for a trap dump are examined. When all of the requirements are met, the system will create a trap dump every time the system traps.

Requirements: ArcaOS 5.0.5 or later

A reboot may be needed after the installation completes.

This command installs icons for Travel Router configuration.

Supported Routers: Asus RP-N12 Wireless Range Extender TP-Link Wireless Nano Router VIXMINI GL.iNet Mini Smart Router (Mango)

This command installs True spectra proto graphics, an image viewing and manipulation program. True spectra proto graphics development ceased in 1998, and the program has been released as freeware. The installation is unattended.

The free serial number is TSPG20-000K-65WG8

This command installs Tyra/2 version 1.91, a config.sys tool. Tyra/2 is now freeware, and a registration key is included.

UClip is designed to allow OS/2 programs to exchange unicode text using the clipboard with other native programs or with odin-ized programs. UClip is by Yuri Dario.

WarpIN is required to install uclip.

This command installs the unarj tool.

This command applies the August 11, 2005 - Kernel patch. This patch applies to ACP and Warp Server for e-Business.

The Kernel patch is applied using an unattended install method. A reboot is required after applying this patch.

This command installs GNU Unifont glyphs version 11.0.1

This command installs UniMaint. UniMaint is an OS/2 utility to backup and restore your desktop, perform ini file maintenance, view/edit extended attributes and uninstall applications. UniMaint is maintained by Jim Read.

This install is unattended, and it creates a program object.

This command uninstalls eWorkplace. The command is unattended, and a reboot is required.

This command installs Info-ZIP's Unzip 6.00, packaged by A. Doff. This build requires only OS/2. Exectutables are copied to the utility directory specified in settings.

If the command is run under eCS, the eCS tree will be trimmed of copies of the executables.

This command applies the November 18, 1999 - TCP/IP FixPak UN_0980. This FixPak applies to Warp 4 and Warp Server.

TCP/IP FixPak UN_0980 is applied using an unattended install method. A reboot is required after applying the FixPak.

This command updates the application database for Suntan Special replacing old application names with new. After running UpdateAppDB, the update available function will match old installed apps with new app names.

The install is unattended.

This command installs the eComStation USB configuration applet, USBcfg 0.82, written by Peter Brown. An icon is created in the setup folder. The installation is unattended.

This command installs the USB 2.3 Extended Control Driver for OS/2.

This install is unattended, and config.sys is modified, so a reboot is necessary after the installation completes. The modification of config.sys will enable an APC UPS. It can be used as an example for any USB device.

This command installs USB Basic support that has been developed beyond the IBM drivers. This version, 10.252, has been built by Lars Erdman. This stack is an alternative to the Arca Noae USB stack.

This package may be applied over the Arca Noae drivers. The Arca Noae driver package may be applied over this package.

This install is unattended. testlog is a pre-requisite for enumerating usb controllers.

This command installs the USB Resource Manager, which is a utility from the great folks at OS/2 NetLabs.

This install is unattended, and requires usbcalls to be installed.

This command installs Blonde Guy utilities. The copies of zip and unzip programs that run under Warp 4 GA.

If the utility directory is not already in the LIBPATH, the Config.Sys is modified. Directories listed in LIBPATH are cleared of unwanted copies of unzip32.dll. if wget.cmd is found, it is renamed to wget2.cmd.

A reboot may be needed after the installation completes.

This command installs Visual Age C++ version 4.0. The installation is manual. The command also installs Fix Pack 1. The user supplies the installation CD and the downloaded Fix Pack files.

A reboot is required after this command completes.

This command installs Virtual Box OS/2 Additions. It is intended to be installed on an OS/2 system inside Oracle Virtual Box. A reboot is needed after installing. Works with GenGradd or Panorama video drivers.

Version 6.1.32

This command cleans up after installing VirtualBox additions.

This command installs vfat2ea, a command line program for converting VFAT longnames to extended attributes and back. vfat2ea was written by Doodle.

The install of vfat2ea is unattended.

This command installs viop.sys to allow Full Screen DOS sessions on some recent computers including a Lenovo Thinkpad T540p

This command installs VisPro/REXX 3.1.1, by HockWare. David Hock has authorized that his OS/2 software became freeware.

VisPro/REXX is a Visual Programming tool that is completely integrated with the Workplace Shell and offers multiple views, drag-drop interaction, popup menus, settings notebooks, direct editing, all CUA '91 features and supports the OS/2 Font and Color palettes.

Installation is unattended by WarpIN.

This command installs VLC media player 3.0.21, ported to OS/2 by KO Myung-Hun. VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. QT 4.7 and libc are prerequisite.

VLC will be added to the LIBPATH, so a reboot is required.

To get sound, I select K Audio interface audio output and DART. To get video under Panorama, I select Video Mode=DIVE. To get video under SNAP, I select Video Mode=SNAP.

This command displays a warning regarding rebooting the Virtual Machine.

This command opens the VNC settings to allow the user to enter a password for VNC server

This command installs VNC server and VNC client by Andrey Vasilkin. The Extended System Tray must be installed and the widget created in the eCenter (or xCenter if you use xWorkplace) to control the server. This version supports file transfer, chat and copy/paste.

This command installs Connectix Virtual PC for OS/2.

The virtual switch from version 5.1 is flawed. It causes OS/2 to trap under heavy load. The one from version 5.0 is better, and it is installed instead. The one from version 5.1 is kept as .\vswitch\switch.bak.

A program icon for Tweak VPC is added to the product folder.

This command installs the VX Rexx runtime DLL. The installation directory is \ecs\dll for eComStation, \sys\dll for ArcaOS and \os2\dll for OS/2. The installation is unattended. The VROBJEX.DLL extensions by Alex Taylor are also installed.

This command installs Visual SlickEdit v4.0, the final version for OS/2. SlickEdit is a programmer's editor. A registration key is included to install SlickEdit.

This command installs VyperHelp.

The installation is unattended.

The Config.Sys is modified, so a reboot is required after the installation is complete.

This command applies the August 11, 2005 - Kernel patch. This patch applies to Warp 4, MCP and eComStation.

The Kernel patch is applied using an unattended install method. A reboot is required after applying this patch.

This command downloads Warp4-Fixpacks CD-ROM image from archive.org.

The W4_FIXPACKS disk from Archive.org has a wealth of files that provide the final IBM fixes and updates to OS/2 Warp 4. The disk image is a 454,457,344 byte file from Archive.org. The relevent parts of the CD-ROM image will be stored in the downloads directory.

The list of files to be saved in downloads USBAUDIO.ZIP USBBASIC.EXE USBKEYBD.EXE USBMSD-2.EXE USBPRINT.EXE IDEDASD.ZIP IP08608.ZIP TCPIP43 UDF2006 UN_2334 WR_8708 XR_D003 XR_M017

A reboot is required after installing TCP/IP 4.3.

This command installs WOL_OS2, a command line program to send Wake-On-LAN messages over a TCP/IP connection. This program appears to be abandoned. The web page is no longer there, and a Google-cached version is supplied for information.

This command modifies the Warp4 Config.Sys with my favorite changes. Seventeen lines are changed in all.

Ensure TEMP is defined and exists

Set Time Zone (TZ=)

ReserveDriveLetter

A reboot is needed because Config.Sys is changed.

This command opens the TCP/IP configuration for TCP/IP version 4.0 found in Warp 4.

This command installs WarpCalc 2.0, a calculator written by Carl-Magnus Olsson. WarpCalc is a calculator package with both CLI and GUI versions. The two versions share the same core capabilities, which include those of any regular scientific calculator. In addition you can define your own functions and variables.

This install is unattended, and it creates a program object.

This command installs WarpIN version 1.0.26. WarpIN is the new OS/2 installer originally written by Ulrich Moeller and now maintained by Paul Ratcliffe.

The initial installation of WarpIN is interactive, but upgrades are to existing WarpIN installations are unattended.

This command installs and/or uninstalls WarpOverlay, by Valery Gaynullin.

WarpOverlay is free software.

This command installs WarpVision

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command installs wavecut.

This command installs Weasel 3.03. Weasel is a mail server written by Peter Moylan. Weasel is open-source software. I include Peter's qmail and TNItools to facilitate sending e-mail from the command line.

It is safe to take all of the default values suggested by the install program. The application will check if Weasel is running, and give the user a chance to shut it down before upgrading.

This command installs WebCam, UVC Webcam Support for OS/2 (ArcaOS, eComStation) by Wim Brul. Some sample objects are created to get started. This works for my Lenovo T450s laptop.

This command installs the Core Web Fonts. The Binnar Gothic Font used in eComStation is also installed. Installing all the Core Web Fonts will conflict with the operation of Lotus SmartSuite and other programs. An optional argument allows installation of a subset of the web fonts. If the optional argument is DELETE, all webfonts will be deregistered.

This command will install all TTF files in the setup directory. You can add your own fonts for automatic installation.

The command is automated. A reboot is necessary before using the fonts.

This command installs WebSee, UVC Webcam Support for OS/2 (ArcaOS, eComStation) by Wim Brul.

This install is unattended, and it creates a program object.

This command removed the Welcome program, which is the whirling animation that appears when Warp is first installed. This command is unattended.

This command installs WGet using RPM/YUM. If YUM is not installed, a wget 1.21 is installed instead.

An earlier version of WGet is removed if found.

a .wgetrc is created in the home directory to make wget emulate an OS/2 browser's user agent string. The user agent string used is Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; Warp 4.5; rv:10.0.5) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.5

This command installs WGet 1.16. A copy of WGet is placed in the utilities directory. An Icon for the WGet manual is created. Note that this version of wget is statically linked and has minimal dependencies.

a .wgetrc is created in the home directory to make wget emulate an OS/2 browser's user agent string. The user agent string used is Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; Warp 4.5; rv:10.0.5) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.5

This command installs the whois from the Netlabs server using Yum. the old whois is removed.

The install is unattended.

This command installs an update to the WPA Supplicant version 2.2-os2-20140624. XWLAN is prerequisite. This update allows my LinkSys access point to work with WPA2.

This command installs WPIView, a viewer for WPI files written by Herwig Bauernfeind.

This command installs the WPS Toolkit and an updated reference manual.

This command installs WPTools by Henk Kelder. WPTools is now abandonware. It was a collection of programs to manipulate the workplace shell. A WPTools folder with program objects for the WPTools programs is created.

Two command line programs, defassoc.exe and getobj.exe, are copied to the utility directory. Defassoc manipulates associations, and getobj displays the properties of an object.

This command opens the System properties. If XWorkplace or eWorkplace is installed, it opens the Screen properties.

This command opens the WarpCenter properties. I like to change the icons to Large, and turn off all monitors except the CPU monitor.

This command applies IBM MPTS Lan Adapter and Protocol Support FixPak wr_8610. This FixPak applies to Warp 3 Connect, Warp 4 and Warp Server.

IBM MPTS Lan Adapter and Protocol Support FixPak wr_8610 installs a new version of MPTS. It is safe to take all the default settings for this installation.

A reboot is required after applying this FixPak.

This command applies IBM MPTS FixPak wr_8621.

IBM MPTS Lan Adapter and Protocol Support FixPak wr_8621 is applied using an unattended install method. A reboot is required after applying this FixPak.

This command applies IBM MPTS FixPak wr_8708. This FixPak applies to TCP/IP 4.3x.

IBM MPTS Lan Adapter and Protocol Support FixPak wr_8708 is applied using an unattended install method. A reboot is required after applying this FixPak.

This command downloads XRC006 from archive.org.

The XRC006 file from Archive.org has a wealth of files that provide some of the final IBM fixes and updates to OS/2 Warp 4 Convenience Pack (MCP). The file is a 34,617,938 byte file from Archive.org.

The list of files to be saved in downloads XR_C006

This command applies the October 18, 2006 - Warp Convenience Pack FixPak XR_C006. This FixPak applies to OS/2 Warp 4 Convenience Pack.

The FixPak is applied using an unattended install method. Archiving is disabled for this FixPak. A reboot is required after applying the FixPak.

This command applies the July 21, 2000 - Warp 3 FixPak XR_D002, known as Device Driver Fixpak 2. This FixPak applies to Warp 3, Warp 4 and Warp Server for e-Business.

Device Driver FixPak 2 is applied using an unattended install method. A reboot is required after applying the FixPak.

This command applies the 8-16-2002 - Warp FixPak XR_D003, known as Device Driver Fixpak 3. This FixPak applies to Warp 3, Warp 4 and Warp Server for e-Business.

Device Driver FixPak 3 is applied using an unattended install method. A reboot is required after applying the FixPak.

This command applies the December 4, 2000 - Warp 4 FixPak XR_M015, known as OS/2 Warp 4 FixPak 15. This FixPak applies to OS/2 Warp 4.

OS/2 Warp 4 FixPak 15 is applied using an unattended install method. A reboot is required after applying the FixPak.

extended System tray widget for XCenter, version 0.1.1

This command installs the System tray widget for XCenter. After installation, user can create system tray widget on eCenter or xCenter manually.

This command installs XTide, a package that provides tide and current predictions in a wide variety of formats. Thanks to Dale DePriest for this port which requires emx.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object. XTide requires a location. To preset the location, add to settings.txt a string like "XTideLocation = 'Santa Cruz, California'"

(v3.13) XWLAN - XCenter WLAN monitor This XCenter widget allows to monitor the status of your wireless LAN devices, providing connection profile support, automatic connection scan on startup and key generation, profile im+export and more. Available as XCenter Widget and standalone program, Wireless LAN hardware & driver req. English and german National Language Support

This command installs the Wireless LAN Monitor currently maintained by Andreas Buchinger. If it is not already installed, install dhclient with yum install dhclient.

This command installs X-Workplace 1.0.17, a workplace shell extender written by Ulrich Moeller and maintained by Paul Ratcliffe and Rich Walsh.

This command installs YAOS v1.8.1 (Yet another OS/2 Shell) by LEE Cjin Pheow.

The install is unattended. The command creates a program object.

This command installs Arca Noae Package Manager version 1.1.0.2

Branding Details: branding.bmp - logo file (about 90 x 100 pixels) yubrnden.msg - compiled message file containing text for the about box yubrnden.txt - source for message file containing text for the about box

Yum utility runs a yum command to give Suntan Special sequences full access to the facilities of RPM/YUM for OS/2.

Useful commands: update

This command installs z!, an abandonware MP3 player by Dink Ogg Vorbis support is also installed. A desktop icon is created.

This command installs Info-ZIP's Zip 3.00, packaged by A. Doff. This build requires only OS/2. Exectutables are copied to the utility directory specified in settings.

This command installs InfoZip Zip version 3.0-9 ported by bitwise. The Zip executables are replaced in each place that they occur in the path. The Zip documentation, if found, is replaced in the eCS directories. Finally, yum is called to update zip.

This command installs Zap-O-Com v4.15 a terminal emulator.

The installation is attended, and you're advised to change the installation directory from it's default in the root of the C: drive.