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/* How to install the Windows version of the TreeTagger                     */

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/* Author: Helmut Schmid, CIS, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Germany      */

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This is the Windows distribution of the TreeTagger.

It contains the following files:

- tree-tagger.exe: the tagger program

- train-tree-tagger.exe: the training program

- utf8-tokenize.perl: A Perl script which transforms the tagger input

                    into one-word-perl-line format

- *-abbreviations:  abbreviation lists required by the tokenizer

- tag-*.bat:        batch files for different languages which call 

                    the tokeniser and the tagger 

- chunk-*.bat	    batch files for POS tagging and chunking

Installation

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1. Install a Perl interpreter (if you have not already installed one).

   You can download a Perl interpreter for Windows for free at

   http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/

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

3. Download the PC parameter files for the languages you need, decompress

   them (e.g. using Winzip or 7zip) and move them to the subdirectory lib.

   Rename the parameter files to <language>-utf8.par

   Example: Rename french-par-linux-3.2-utf8.bin to french-utf8.par

   Non-UTF8 parameter files are not supported anymore.

4. Add the path C:\TreeTagger\bin to the PATH environment variable.

5. Open a shell and type the command

   set PATH=C:\TreeTagger\bin;%PATH%

6. Change to the directory C:\TreeTagger

7. Now you can test the tagger, e.g. by analyzing this file with the command

   tag-english INSTALL.txt

If you install the TreeTagger in a different directory, you have to

modify the first path in the batch files tag-*.bat.

Michaela Atterer told me that she had difficulties to install the

TreeTagger on a Windows XP system. She recommends the following

work-around.

4. Windows XP:

-Right click on "My Computer"

-Select the "Advanced" tab

-Click on "Environment Variables"

-click on New: enter PATH and C:\TreeTagger\bin\;%PATH%

If the files have been unpacked into a single directory, you should

restore the following directory structure:

TreeTagger:

INSTALL.txt  README.txt  bin  cmd  lib

TreeTagger/bin:

tag-english.bat  tag-german.bat   tag-spanish.bat        tree-tagger.exe

tag-french.bat   tag-italian.bat  train-tree-tagger.exe

TreeTagger/cmd:

mwl-lookup.perl  tokenize.pl

TreeTagger/lib:

english-abbreviations  german-abbreviations   spanish-abbreviations

french-abbreviations   italian-abbreviations  spanish-mwls

Note that the TreeTagger comes without a graphical interface. You have

to run it by entering a command in a command line window. If you prefer 

a graphical interface, try the one provided by Ciarán Ó Duibhín at

http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/~oduibhin/oideasra/interfaces/winttinterface.htm