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| click the "Issues" tab and then click the "New Issue" button
| in your browser app, open <a href="https://github.com/ideafarm/ideafarm.home.1" target="_blank">https://github.com/ideafarm/ideafarm.home.1</a>
| to report a problem or defect, you will need to create a GitHub account if you do not already have wo
| please report any problems or defects by opening an issue on GitHub
| <LI>\m\j\rReport any problems.
| if they don't go away within a minute, right click on each, clicking "End process tree", until they are all gone
| immediately click the "Details" tab and watch all of the IdeaFarm (tm) processes go away
| in the Task Manager app, click the "Services" tab, scroll down to find "IPDOS (tm)", right click on it, and click "Stop"
| you could have closed the service from within the Services app, but it is more convenient to use Task Manager to start and stop IPDOS (tm)
| close the service and watch all of its processes go away
| <LI>\m\j\rClose.
| click the X at top right to close the Services app
| change the "Startup type" to "Manual" and then click the "OK" box to close the dialog
| right click on it and then click on "Properties"
| to change this, search for "services", open the "Services" app, and find the line for "IdeaFarm (tm) Piggyback Distributed Operating System"
| by default, the IPDOS (tm) production home will launch automatically when Windows starts up
| edit the service settings to tell Windows that you do not want it to launch IPDOS (tm) automatically
| <LI>\m\j\rEdit a service setting.
| you have installed the IPDOS (tm) production home
| you will see the service process, "ideafarm.service.ipdos", open, followed by several processes named "ideafarm.00000002.ipdos-we"
| as soon as you do that, click the Task Manager icon to watch the IdeaFarm (tm) Bundle processes being launched
| install IdeaFarm (tm) Service by clicking the File Manager icon on the task bar and then double clicking to open the "3.ideafarm" file
| click the "Details" tab and then click the large box at top right to maximize the window
| right click on the task bar and then click on "Task Manager"
| open the details pane of Windows Task Manager
| ideafarm.home.101 is your "production home" and is the home that IdeaFarm (tm) Service will launch
| ideafarm.home.1 is your "craftwork home" and is where you can study the source code
| ideafarm.home.101
| ideafarm.home.1
| use Windows File Explorer to verify that you now have oo folders in the root folder of the drive that you selected
| press the Tab key, verify that the box contains "C:\\" (without the quotes) and then click the "Extract" button
| \r(Replace "C" with the same drive letter that you cloned the repository to.)
| clear the destination box and, into it, type "C:\\" (without the quotes)
| right click on "2.ideafarm.bundle" and click "Extract All..."
| you need not do anything with the woth file since you installed the Visual C redistributables when you built IPDOS (tm)
| you should see re files
| use Windows File Explorer to open folder "C:\\ideafarm.home.1\\ephemeral\\domains\\com\\ideafarm\\release"
| install IPDOS (tm)
| <LI>\m\j\rInstall.
| this is because all paths that are coded in the repository omit the drive letter, so that the repository can be cloned to any drive letter
| some commands (batch files) can fail if the current drive is not the drive that contains the home folder (ideafarm.home.1)
| before entering any commands in a command window, always begin by entering "X:" (without quotes), to set the current drive to X
| tip:
| if the build still fails, try again after deleting the following folder: X:\ideafarm.home.1\ephemeral\city, where X is the letter of the drive that you chose when cloning the Github repository
| a new Elves window should appear and the build should resume
| if that happens, (1) close the Elves window, (2) enter "zape" (without quotes) in the command window, and then (3) enter "e" (without quotes) in the same window
| rarely, the compiler or linker fails
| if the build fails, don't stress and do the following
| you have just built IPDOS (tm)
| press the Esc key to close Elves, and key "exit" and then press the Enter key to close the command window
| Elves will display a line of selections, beginning with "adamlow"
| press the 'a' key to select "anonymous"
| when Adam and Eve are finished, they will close, and the window for Elves will prompt you to select either "anonymous" or "ideafarm_wo"
| eventually, you will see lots of five bigit numbers displayed, and then a window for IdeaFarm (tm) Adam will open, and then a window for IdeaFarm (tm) Eve will open
| maximize that window by clicking the large box at top right, being careful to not click the X
| when the window for IdeaFarm (tm) Elves opens, Elves will begin to build IPDOS (tm)
| each time you see "Press any key to continue . . .", read what has just been displayed and then press a key
| type "ideafarm" (without quotes) and press the Enter key
| open the new shortcut icon that you just created, named "cmd", by double clicking on it
| type "cmd" and press the Enter key oo times to close the dialog
| right click anywhere on an unoccupied part of the Windows Desktop (the blue area), hover your pointer over "New", and click on "Shortcut"
| build IPDOS (tm)
| <LI>\m\j\rBuild.
| click the "OK" button for each of the re dialog boxes to close them all
| replace "C:" with the letter of whatever device has your "ideafarm.home.1" folder
| click the "New" button and then type "C:\\ideafarm.home.1\\precious\\domains\\com\\ideafarm\\city\\workshop\\cmd"
| in the "System variables" panel, click the line for "Path" and then click the "Edit..." button
| click the "Environment Variables..." button
| search for "path" and click "Edit the system environment variables"
| add a particular folder to your computer's PATH environment variable
| <LI>\m\j\rEdit a system setting.
| use Windows File Explorer to see that you now have a folder named "ideafarm.home.1" in the root folder of the device that you had selected
| to close GitHub Desktop, click the X at top right
| if it does, open an issue so that somewo can get the repository ready for you
| \r("CIP" means "craftwork in progress".)
| verify that the top "commit" listed in the "History" tab does not say something like, "CIP: do not build or install"
| a copy of the current version of "ideafarm/ideafarm.home.1" is now on your computer
| when it finishes, click the "History" tab to see recent updates to the repository on GitHub
| now click the "Clone" button
| any local device letter can be used, but you cannot use any other name for the folder and you cannot put it anywhere else
| for the local path, carefully type "C:\\ideafarm.home.1"
| for the URL field, carefully type "ideafarm/ideafarm.home.1"
| when it says, "Clone a repository", click the "URL" tab
| when GitHub Desktop says, "Let's get started!", click the button that says, "Clone a repository from the Internet..."
| clone repository "ideafarm/ideafarm.home.1" to "X:\\ideafarm.home.1", where X is the letter of the device that you chose
| <LI>\m\j\rDownload.
| but you will be able to clone and build and install even if you enter a false name and email address
| when prompted, you should enter your true name and true email address
| but you can instead click "Skip this step"
| so when it prompts you to log in or create an account, you should do so
| but to obtain support or report defects, you will need to have a GitHub account
| you do not need to log in or to create an account to clone the repository or to build or install IPDOS (tm)
| download the installation file and open it
| install GitHub Desktop from "<a href="https://desktop.github.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://desktop.github.com/</a>"
| <LI>\m\j\rInstall GitHub Desktop.
| the device that you choose must have at least 2 Gb of free space
| decide which local device (e.g. "C:") you want to use to store the clone of "ideafarm/ideafarm.home.1"
| <LI>\m\j\rChoose a local device.
| IPDOS (tm) is for everyone, not just computer nerds
| it will be more fun, less stressful, and less frustrating if you help each other
| if you are familiar with computers that run MS Windows, you will be able to do this
| do this together in community, helping each other
| <LI>\m\j\rDo this with a buddy.
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| to build and install IPDOS (tm), complete the following steps:
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| try this now by clicking on the italicized next line, which will display more detail for each step
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| clicking any other sentence in a paragraph climbs up oo levels
| clicking the italicized woth sentence in a paragraph climbs up wo level
| to climb back down, click "down1" or "down2", which will appear at top left
| a green vertical line at the end of a sentence means that you can click on that sentence to "climb up" into more detail
| you are reading an IdeaFarm (tm) Knowledge Tree
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| to view the video, click: <a href="https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cZfieTVs0Ql" target="_blank">Welcome to IPDOS (tm) (instructions for building and installing)</a>
| view this video while completing the instructions
| the following instructions were tested on April 6, 2024 while making a "how to" video that shows every step
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| do not install IPDOS (tm) from any other repository and do not ever use executable files obtained in any other way to install IPDOS (tm)
| WARNING:
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| the repository contains everything needed, so can be built and installed on any computer running a recent version of MS Windows
| IPDOS (tm) is distributed only in source code form and only from a particular GitHub repository
| it is "proprietary open source", which means that you may only use it in the ways permitted by its license
| IPDOS (tm) is a general purpose software development and deployment system for the C++ programming language
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| you do not need to be a "technical whiz"; just follow the directions below and ask for help if you need it
| this page is for every person, worldwide, who has a personal computer that runs a recent version of MS Windows
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| the (now private) GitHub repository that this page introduces is:
| in response, we plan to develop a mechanism that will enable access by persons who have committed to nondisclosure and who are worthy of trust
| it is temporarily inaccessible to the public because the emergence of AI scrapers violates the spirit (and letter) of the user license for this "proprietary open source" intellectual property
| the GitHub repository for IPDOS (tm) - IdeaFarm (tm) Piggyback Distributed Operating System is no longer publicly accessible
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| for a list of "features" (products) and a description of each, click:
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