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EUGene Download and Installation

The most recent version of EUGene is version 3.204.

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EUGene may be downloaded and installed in several ways. Normally you should download the full version of the program and install it, after uninstalling any prior version. If you want a new installation of EUGene, download either the full or demo version of EUGene. Finally, if you can't download EUGene all at once, you may download it in several separate parts.

EUGene for Windows 7

For EUGene to work in Windows 7, you will need to run the program as an administrator.

Full Version (v3.204)

The full version of EUGene is a large download. This large version contains all expected utility and risk attitude data. When installed, the full version will take almost 200 MB of disk space. NOTE: If you have already installed a prior version of EUGene, we recommend that you uninstall it prior to executing an install of the full version. To save disk space, you may delete expected utility data files in the "intermediate data files" subdirectory after installation if you are certain you will not be accessing those data.
<< Download Full Version, v3.204 (104 MB) >>

Update to v3.204 from v3.20-3.202

If you recently installed v3.2, you may download just a new executable file for v3.203 (eugene32.exe) to replace your current eugene32.exe (probably in the directory "C:\Program Files\EUGene"). Because a number of files have changed in v3.2, (program executable, initialization files, MID data, and expected utility data files), we recommend a full installation of EUGene v3.2 rather than an upgrade over any other program version (so, do not download just the new executable file if you have any version less than 3.2).

Small Version (v3.204)

The small (formerly labeled "demo") version of EUGene does not include any expected utility data, risk attitude data, security/hypothetical alliance data, tau data, s data, user datasets, or source code. It will, however, demonstrate the features of the program and allow you to create data set using selected other variables (e.g. capabilities, alliances, polity, distance). Note that if you download this version and run it requesting output for expected utility data, S/tau data, or risk data, the program will give an error. When installed, this version will take about 35 MB of disk space.
<< Download Small Version, v3.204 (6 MB) >>

Note that if you download and install the small version, and then decide that you want to install the full version, you can simply download the full version and install it to the same directory where you installed the small version. There is no need to uninstall the small version first.

Download in Parts (v3.2)

To install EUGene after downloading in parts, you must follow steps A through E listed below. Note: Only the first, main setup file is necessary to run EUGene in a basic configuration. However, if you wish to access pre-computed risk or expected utility data, you will need the other data files.

A) Download the following files:

File 1: Main setup file, containing main program and configuration files.
        Download main setup installation file (6 MB)

File 2: Auxiliary Data Set 1: Risk, s, and tau data.
        Download Risk, S, Tau, Hypothetical Alliance data zip file (17 MB)

File 3: Auxiliary Data Set 2: Expected Utility (War Trap) data.
        Download EU (War Trap) data zip file (12.2 MB)

File 4: Auxiliary Data Set 3: Expected Utility (War and Reason) data.
        Download War and Reason EU data zip file (32.6 MB)

File 5: Source code.
        Download source code zip file (575 KB)

B) Run File 1, the main setup file downloaded, "setup.exe".

C) Within the "c:\program files\EUGene" directory (or whatever directory you installed EUGene to), create subdirectories titled "Source" and "Intermediate Data Files" if they do not already exist

D) Unzip Files 2, 3, and 4 into the "Intermediate Data Files" subdirectory.

E) Unzip File 5 into the "Source" subdirectory.

If you do not already have a program to unzip compressed files, you can download shareware versions of PKUnzip, or WinZip by clicking on the links.

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Installation - New Installation

Download one of the versions of EUGene above to a directory on your PC.
After you successfully download the file to a directory on your PC, locate the downloaded file (it is titled "SETUP.EXE") using the Windows Explorer and double click on it.
You will be prompted for installation options. You should normally just accept the defaults. You may install EUGene to any directory of your choice; if necessary this directory will be created automatically. The setup program will extract the program and data files, and create a new group in Windows under "Start – Programs".
To run EUGene, double click the icon labeled "EUGENE" in the EUGENE program group, or double click the EUGENE32.EXE icon in the Windows Explorer in the "C:\Program Files\EUGENE" directory (or whatever directory you chose to install the program in).
Program documentation is automatically installed on your PC in the "DOCS" subdirectory under the main directory, and is included as 1) an MS-Word document titled "EUGeneDocumentation.doc", 2) a rich-text-format file titled "EUGeneDocumentation.rtf," and a flat text file titled "EUGeneDocumentation.txt".
After the program is installed, you may delete the downloaded setup file, "SETUP.EXE".

Installation - Update

Download the zip file as listed above.
Locate the downloaded zip file using the Windows Explorer, and open it by double clicking the file name.
Unzip the files to the main directory where you have EUGene installed, such as "C:\Program Files\EUGene". Overwrite the existing "eugene.ini", "eugene32.exe", and "eugenedocumentation.doc" files.
After you install the update by unzipping the main update file, you may delete the downloaded zip file.

Installation - From Download in Parts

Download the files listed above under "Download in Parts".
Follow the instructions listed above.
Note: if you receive an error message from Windows when unzipping the files in question, or are prompted for "What program do you want to use to open this file," or receive a message such as "unrecognized file type," then you need to install a program to unzip compressed files.
- You can download shareware versions of PKUnzip, or WinZip by clicking on these links. Install one of these programs, and follow the instructions with each program to unzip each of the downloaded files.
After you install the program by running the main update file, you may delete the downloaded setup file, "setupex.exe", and the .zip files.

Installing to a Server

EUGene may be installed on a server, for instance in a computer lab, and run from local workstations. Installation is almost exactly like installing to a standalone PC. The program should be installed to a server directory, then two changes must be made to EUGene's initialization information and the file setup to allow workstations to run the program.

Download one of the versions of EUGene above.
Locate the downloaded file (SETUP.EXE) and double click on it.
You will be prompted for installation options. Select a directory on the server for installation. You must have write access to this directory. The setup program will install the program and data files on the server, and create a new group in Windows under "Start – Programs".
If you want an error log, you must make one change to the file "eugene.ini", located in the directory where you installed the program.

Edit "eugene.ini" in the directory where the program is installed on the server, and locate the entry that reads
error_file = "EugeneErrors.log"

Modify this line so that the error_file entry points to a path on the local machine where users will be running EUGene. We suggest modifying the entry to read
error_file = "c:\windows\temp\EugeneErrors.log"

Save "eugene.ini". Be sure the file is saved as text only.

[The reason for making this change is that EUGene must always have write access to the EugeneErrors.log error log file. The file must be given a path so that every individual user will be able to open and write to this file, which means having the file on a local PC drive.]

You must also give the local users read/write permission to the "intermediate data files" directory under the main EUGene directory on the server (or to the individual files in it). So, if you installed EUGene to "\root\apps\eugene", this directory would be "\root\apps\eugene\intermediate data files". If possible, users should be given read/write/change permission, but NOT delete permission. If this permission is not set, users may encounter errors attempting to read capability data, tau and s data, risk data, and expected utility data. [This permission is necessary because the procedure EUGene uses to read these binary intermediate files requires that the program thinks it could write to these files if it has (it won't under normal circumstances where users will create data files).]
On the local PCs that will be running EUGene, create a shortcut to the file "EUGene32.exe" on the server. You may want to rename this shortcut simply "EUGene".
To run EUGene from a local PC/workstation networked to the server, double click the shortcut icon.
After the program is installed, you may delete the downloaded setup file, "SETUP.EXE".

Install to a CD

EUGene may be installed to and run from a CD (with some current limitations). To do this, simply install the program to a local directory, and then copy the directory and the files within it to a CD. Right now, some users will experience errors when requesting data sets that are stored in the "intermediate data files" subdirectory. This is because EUGene requires write access to these files. We hope to deal with this problem in a future version.

Download one of the versions of EUGene above.
Locate the downloaded file (SETUP.EXE) and double click on it.
You will be prompted for installation options. Select a directory for installation. The setup program will install the program and data files on the server, and create a new group in Windows under "Start – Programs".
If you want to keep an error log, you must make one change to the file "eugene.ini", located in the directory where you installed the program.

Edit "eugene.ini" in the directory where the program is installed on the server, and locate the entry that reads
error_file = "EugeneErrors.log"

Modify this line so that the error_file entry points to a path on the local machine where users will be running EUGene. We suggest modifying the entry to read
error_file = "c:\windows\temp\EugeneErrors.log"

Save "eugene.ini". Be sure the file is saved as text only.

[The reason for making this change is that EUGene must always have write access to the EugeneErrors.log error log file. The file must be given a path so that every individual user will be able to open and write to this file, which means having the file on a local PC drive.]

Copy the directory you have created to your CD. You can then run EUGene by double-clicking "eugene32.exe" on the CD.
On the local PC, you may now uninstall EUGene if you wish.
On the local PC, you may now delete the downloaded setup file, "SETUP.EXE".

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Uninstall

Open the Windows Control Panel [select Start - Settings - Control Panel].
Double-click "Add/Remove Programs".
You will see an entry for EUGene. Select it, and click "Remove."
EUGene's files will be removed from your system.
If you have created data sets using EUGene, or modified the input files, you will have to delete those files (and the "C:\Program Files\EUGENE" directory) manually.

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Previous Versions

Two earlier versions, v1.19 and v2.40, are still available, although there should be no reason to use these instead of the most recent version.

Full Version (v2.40)

The full version of EUGene v2.40, a prior full release, is a 96 MB download. When installed, the full version will take about 190 MB of disk space.
<< Download Full Version, v2.40 (96 MB) >>
Full Version (v1.19)

The full version of EUGene v1.19, a prior full release, is approximately a 30 MB download. When installed, the full version will take about 60 MB of disk space.
Download Full Version, v1.19 (29.7 MB)

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