Data Explorer is comprised of five subsystems as follows:
| Base executables | contains all files needed to run Data Explorer. | 
| Development environment | contains libraries, header files and other tools needed to build a custom executive. | 
| Samples | example programs, scripts, tutorial, and makefiles. | 
| Online help and HTML | online help available from the Data Explorer User Interface, and documentation in HTML format. | 
| PostScript and ASCII documentation | Documentation in PostScript format and for printing and in flat ASCII format for basic minimal viewing. | 
If you are installing Data Explorer from tape:
Disk space requirements for each subsystem are shown in Table 1.
Table 1. Disk space requirements in
megabytes
| Subsystem/Platform | Base executables | Development | Samples | Online help / HTML | PostScript / ASCII | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 78 | 
| HP | 15 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 74 | 
| Sun 4 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 85 | 
| Sun Solaris | 24 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 86 | 
| SGI | 18 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 86 | 
| Data General | 22 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 80 | 
| Digital Equip. | 33 | 40 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 118 |