Installation Download the toolbox archive and unpack it - this should give you a directory called psignifit. Ensure that this directory is listed on the Matlab path, so that Matlab can find it (typing pathtool at the Matlab command prompt gives you a dialog for adding directories to your path - click save in order to preserve the new setting for future sessions). When installing a new Matlab toolbox, it is a good idea to ensure that it is listed first on the path. This will ensure that, in the case of any name conflicts with other third-party toolboxes, the newly installed functions are called in preference to the old. (Later, if you discover a name conflict and wish to continue using both toolboxes, you will either have to start renaming functions, or add and remove one of the toolboxes from the path each time the need arises. There is no way for third-party developers to know whether they are conflicting with each other in this way, and unfortunately Matlab has no direct or easy way to resolve conflicts.)
Next, you need to ensure you have the mex-file: it is a binary file called psignifit.dll on Windows, psignifit.mexglx on Linux, psignifit.mexsol on SunOS, psignifit.mexmac on MacOS X, or just psignifit.mex on Matlab 5.x and earlier (e.g. on the old MacOS). If the mex file for your platform is not already included in the downloaded archive, either download a precompiled older version and unpack it, or compile the new version it from the C source code, which is included in the toolbox. The newly downloaded or compiled mex file also needs to go into one of the directories on the path (for example, the psignifit toolbox directory) so that Matlab can find it. |
