From 3d8e51abe35c2ba9ad321f9781e835e220a6cd05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: adam-m <amalinowski@basistech.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 15:32:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update docs, add embedded software section

---
 KNOWN_ISSUES.txt |  3 +++
 README.txt       | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/KNOWN_ISSUES.txt b/KNOWN_ISSUES.txt
index 7d54ed9506..f51fcbe88d 100644
--- a/KNOWN_ISSUES.txt
+++ b/KNOWN_ISSUES.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ Keyword search module:
 There is no limit on size of unknown file types indexed using string extraction.
 - Currently we extract only English strings from files of unknown types.
 
+Installation:
+- Installer version currently supports only Windows OS (XP or newer),
+- Currently only 32 bit version of Autopsy is provided with the installer (works on 64 bit Windows OS)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index d3095b61a4..94aa5273e0 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-                               Autopsy 3.0 (Beta)
+                               Autopsy 4.0 (Beta)
                           http://www.sleuthkit.org/
 
-                                July 18, 2011
+                                June 4, 2012
 
 
 OVERVIEW
@@ -10,21 +10,68 @@ Autopsy is a graphical interface to The Sleuth Kit and other open source digital
 
 The current beta version works only on Windows.  We have run it on XP, Vista, and Windows 7 with no problems. 
 
-Autopsy 3.0 is relased under the Apache 2.0 license. 
+Autopsy 4.0 is released under the Apache 2.0 license. 
 
 
 INSTALLATION
 
-Autopsy requires the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to be installed. A 32-bit version of release 1.6+ is required. If you have a 64-bit version of the JRE, then it will fail. We are working on a 64-bit version for a later release.
+All Autopsy dependencies are bundled with the installer provided.
+There is no need for manual installation of additional dependencies if the installer is used.
 
-You can download Java from here:
-    http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp 
-
-Before running Autopsy, you will have to install GStreamer and add the GStreamer 'lib' folder to the PATH environment variable
-GStreamer builds for Windows are available at http://code.google.com/p/ossbuild/downloads/list
+Refer to the next section for additional info on third-party software requirements to run Autopsy without installer.
 
 
-You should be able to simply open the Autopsy ZIP file and run the autopsy.exe program located in the 'bin' folder.
+EMBEDDED SOFTWARE
+
+Autopsy (core) utilizes the following third-party software tools.
+The tools are bundled with the installer, unless specified otherwise.
+
+* JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 1.6, 32 bit
+
+Web page: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index.html
+Oracle license: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/license/index.html
+
+JRE needs to be manually installed on the system if Autopsy installer is not used.
+
+* Netbeans 7.0.1 RCP platform and .jar files bundled with the platform
+
+Web page: http://netbeans.org/features/platform/
+License: 
+http://services.netbeans.org/downloads/licence/nb-7.0-final-2011-04-20-license.txt
+
+* Solr (including Lucene and TIKA)
+Web page: http://projects.apache.org/projects/solr.html
+Apache license: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+* GStreamer
+Web page: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
+License: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
+
+If Autopsy installer is not used, add the following entries to Windows PATH environment variable 
+(replace GSTREAMER_INSTALL_DIR with the location of gstreamer install root directory):
+
+GSTREAMER_INSTALL_DIR\bin\;
+GSTREAMER_INSTALL_DIR\lib\gstreamer-0.10\;
+
+
+* GStreamer-java
+Web page: http://code.google.com/p/gstreamer-java/
+License: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
+
+
+* Regripper
+(regripper and custom plugins found in autopsy/thirdparty)
+Web page: http://regripper.wordpress.com/
+License: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
+
+* Pasco
+Web page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/odessa/files/Pasco/
+
+* Advanced installer 9.0 (Freeware)
+(not embedded in Autopsy, but used to generate Autopsy installer.  
+If you want to generate Autopsy installer, you will need to install the freeware version of Advanced Installer software)
+
+Web page: http://www.advancedinstaller.com/
 
 
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