Installing the Mathematica Programs

Running the Programs from the CD-ROM

The MathProg directory on the CD-ROM contains the programs. You can access the programs directly from the CD-ROM. Simply load the init.m package with a command of the form Get["full_pathname_of_init.m"]. The pathname is system dependent.

You can use the frontend's Get File Path menu command to obtain the pathname easily. The effect of reading init.m is to preload all major book packages. The first time you use a function, the corresponding package is read in automatically.

Installing the Programs on the Hard Disk

If you use the programs frequently, you should copy the MathProg directory onto your hard disk, into the directory AddOns/Applications (inside your Mathematica distribution) or into your home directory on multi-user operating systems. If you copy it there, Mathematica will automatically find the packages; no further installation is necessary.
To preload the packages, give the command Get["MathProg`init`"] (or <<MathProg`init`). Please refer to the README file for further information.
The packages from Volume 1 can be preloaded by reading MathProg`init1`.

Manual Loading for Certain Files

Files that are not proper packages (for example, DAG.m), as well as packages that redefine system functions (for example, SurfaceGraphics3D.m), cannot be preloaded in this way. Such files must be read explicitly before their functions can be used. Note that the Combinators.m package is not preloaded either, because it shadows system symbols.