GBM Installation on OS/2 and eCS

All applications included in the GBM package should be used with the included GBM.DLL version. So far all programs other than gbmhdr.exe can also be used with earlier GBM.DLL versions higher than 1.11.

There is no special installation required. Simply copy the files into an empty directory.

GBM.DLL can be installed at a central location of the system so that it is found in the paths defined by LIBPATH in CONFIG.SYS. Thus sharing between all programs of this package and the programs from the gbmos2 package is possible.

Note:

If the GBM command line tools should be run from everywhere and not only from the installation directory, it is necessary to add the installation directory to some environment variables in CONFIG.SYS.

The following changes are necessary: (It is assumed that the installation directory is D:\GBM)

  1. Add D:\GBM to the end of the line beginning with SET PATH separated by ; to the previous parameter.
    (e.g. SET PATH=C:\OS2;D:\GBM)

  2. Add D:\GBM to the end of the line beginning with LIBPATH separated by ; to the previous parameter. This is necessary so that the system can find GBM.DLL.
    (e.g. LIBPATH=.;C:\OS2\DLL;D:\GBM)

  3. Reboot.

  4. For this step you need gbmver.exe. It is included in the GBM package.

    Open a command line and go to a directory OTHER THAN the installation. Then start gbmver.exe as if it would be in this directory. It should report the location and the version of GBM.DLL. Verify that the reported version is the installed version. If the reported version is found in a different path, do a file search for GBM.DLL on your system and check for duplicates or older versions.

    If an older version is found (version must be higher than 1.11 !!!), you can replace it with the GBM.DLL from this package. Alternatively modify the LIBPATH statement in CONFIG.SYS so that the correct path to GBM.DLL is placed before all other versions. After the changes are done, check again with gbmver.exe.