Requirements

This version of P4V, The Perforce Visual Client, runs on:

• Mac OS X 10.1.x or higher
• RedHat Linux 7.2, 7.3 or 8.0 (built with 2.4.7 kernel and glibc 2.2.4-13)

P4V works with a Perforce Server at Release 2001.1 or higher.

Documentation

P4V Release 2003.1 is documented in help files embedded within the program. A brief description of P4V can be found in the P4V Introductory Tour.

User Audience

P4V is an end-user application designed for software developers. To this end:

• P4V does not support operations that require Perforce superuser, admin, or review privileges.
• You can't use P4V to create new user specifications explicitly. However you can open a connection as a new user and then edit the specification for that user.
• You can't use P4V without a valid client workspace. P4V will prompt you to either select an existing client workspace or create a new one when you open a new connection. It will not allow you to delete the currently active client specification.

Installation

Mac OS X

1. From the download page, right-click the P4V Download icon to save the file to disk.
2. Double-click the downloaded file to install P4V.

Linux

1. From the download page, right-click the P4V Download RPM icon to save the RPM file to disk.
2. If you are using a graphical file manager, double-click the downloaded RPM file to install P4V.

   If you are using a command shell, install P4V from the RPM file with:

   $rpm -ivh filename

   P4V can be uninstalled with:

   $rpm -e p4v

Latest Changes

• 2003.1/47785

  47686	Executable AppleFiles (with the x bit set) are not submitted by default as 'apple+x' (#11409)
  47553	p4v crashes in view section of edit current client. (#11560)
  47537	Delete current user causes p4v to crash on reconnect. (#11481)
  47441	Server info displayed doesn't refresh when server changes. Expect that Show Info will always display correct information. (#11153)

Known Limitations

• There is no support for P4MERGE or external merge programs.
• There is no support for P4CHARSET or internationalized Perforce servers.
• Mac OS X users will experience difficulties using P4V and the Darwin command-line client with the same workspace. Perforce recommends using the Mac OS X command-line client with P4V.

Please Send Us Your Feedback

Your feedback will help us improve P4V. Email your comments and bug reports to support@perforce.com. Please be sure to tell us exactly which version of P4V you were using. You'll find version information for Linux in P4V's Help->About P4V window. For Macintosh, version information can be found in P4V's p4v->About P4V window.

Thank you!