Downloading and Installing Algernon 3.0
If you made it to this point, you must be interested
in downloading and installing the Algernon source files.
The following files contain the Algernon LISP source
and the Java source for the Algernon gui. The gui is
moderately useful, but not necessary in order to run
Algernon.
Algernon LISP source
- Download the Algernon source archive
- algy.lisp
- src/ directory
- examples/ directory
- help/ directory
- config/ directory
- Uncompress and untar the files into a directory called "algy" (or whatever you choose).
- Load the file "algy.lisp" into LISP. It should automatically compile the files.
If you have problems, see the installation notes.
The Algernon distribution contains three software modules. SFS is the
Simple Frame System which forms the core of the Algernon representation.
GFP partially implements a Generic Frame Protocol interface to the SFS.
Finally, AAM is the Algernon Abstract Machine.
Algernon GUI
Algernon has a simple GUI written in Java. It is useful for
browsing the knowledge base. The GUI is called Amaze and
is written in Java 1.0.2. You may not want to bother
trying to use this software.
- Download the Amaze source archive
- gui/amaze/ directory
- gui/icons/ directory
- gui/ioserver/ directory
- gui/lib/ directory
- Uncompress and untar the files into the main directory created above.
- You may need to recompile the "amaze.lisp" file.
Algernon web pages
The final archive is the set of Algernon web pages, including
this one.
- Download the Algernon web pages
- algy/ directory (be careful - don't overwrite your other algy directory)
- Uncompress and untar the files into an appropriate directory.
The Simple Frame System
Algernon has a separate knowledge representation model
called the Simple Frame System (SFS). SFS is a basic
frame-slot-value-facet representation system that is
independent of Algernon.
Visit the Simple Frame System web page
[Algernon v3.0 documentation home]
This page was created by:
Micheal Hewett