McIDAS User's Guide
Version 2011.1
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Note: For convenience, the McIDAS-X for XP installation files now include both the McIDAS-X core package and the McIDAS-XRD sidecar package (see the McIDAS-XRD Software page for details). Installation of McIDAS-XRD is still optional (done by specifying a non-default value for the packages parameter in step 3 below).
Complete the steps below to install McIDAS-X for XP 2011.1 and/or McIDAS-XRD for XP 2011.1. Run each command from the ~mcidas directory.
1. Log on to the workstation as mcidas and start an SFU Korn Shell.
If there is a previous version of the package(s) you will be installing (McIDAS-X for XP and/or McIDAS-XRD for XP) already installed, go to step 2. If this is the initial installation of the package(s), go to step 3.
2. Uninstall the previous version of the McIDAS-X and McIDAS-XRD packages.
First verify that no McIDAS-X sessions are running. Then, if the previous version is 2009.1 or later, enter the command below to uninstall the previous version of the packages, replacing version# with the number of the version (for example, 2010.2). If the previous version is 2008a or earlier, complete the uninstall procedure (step 2) in the 2009.1 version of this manual. Then return to these instructions and proceed to step 3 below.
Type: sh ./mcidasversion#.sh uninstall all
The messages below appear if the uninstall is successfully completed.
./mcidasversion#.sh: McIDAS-X uninstall completed normally. ./mcidasversion#.sh: McIDAS-XRD uninstall completed normally. |
3. Install the desired package (McIDAS-X for XP 2011.1 and/or McIDAS-XRD for XP 2011.1) using the appropriate command below. If installing McIDAS-X for XP (by specifying x or all in the packages parameter), this step first makes the ~mcidas installation directories and ~mcidas/mcidas2011.1 package directories (see the tables below). Then, it uncompresses the binary files, data files, source files, help files, and man pages. Finally, it creates hard links from the files in the ~mcidas/mcidas2011.1 package directories to the appropriate ~mcidas installation directories.
Type: sh ./mcidas2011.1_xp.sh install packages
where packages is one of the three options described below.
The message below is displayed if McIDAS-X for XP is selected (by specifying x or all in the packages parameter) and the install is successfully completed.
./mcidas2011.1_xp.sh: McIDAS-X install completed normally. |
If McIDAS-XRD for XP is selected (by specifying xrd or all in the packages parameter) and the install is successfully completed, the message is the same as that above, except McIDAS-X is replaced with McIDAS-XRD.
The install process makes hard links (as opposed to symbolic links) between the installation directories and the files in the package directories. The uninstall process simply removes the hard links. The McIDAS-X installation directories and their contents are listed below.
Directory | Contents |
~mcidas/bin | program executables |
~mcidas/data | data files |
~mcidas/help | help files |
~mcidas/inc | include files |
~mcidas/lib | libraries |
~mcidas/man | man files for subroutines and functions |
~mcidas/tcl | Tcl and Tk executables and libraries |
Other McIDAS packages also make hard links in the installation directories. Thus the installation directories are the repositories for all McIDAS packages currently installed.
Each version of McIDAS-X and other McIDAS packages (for example, McIDAS-XCD) builds its own set of directories. The names of the directories depend on the package name and version number. The McIDAS-X for XP package directories and their contents are listed below.
Directory | Contents |
~mcidas/mcidas201x/bin | McIDAS-X binary executables |
~mcidas/mcidas201x/data | McIDAS-X data files |
~mcidas/mcidas201x/help | McIDAS-X help files |
~mcidas/mcidas201x/inc | McIDAS-X include files |
~mcidas/mcidas201x/lib | McIDAS-X library files |
~mcidas/mcidas201x/man | McIDAS-X man files for subroutines and functions |
~mcidas/mcidas201x/src | McIDAS-X source files |
~mcidas/mcidas201x/tcl | Tcl/Tk 8.5.9 files for the GUI |
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