Installing McIDAS-X for XP 2012.2

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, 2012.1). 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.

The messages below appear if the uninstall is successfully completed.

./mcidasversion#_xp.sh: McIDAS-X uninstall completed normally.
./mcidasversion#_xp.sh: McIDAS-XRD uninstall completed normally.

3. Install the desired package (McIDAS-X for XP 2012.2 and/or McIDAS-XRD for XP 2012.2) 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/mcidas2012.2 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/mcidas2012.2 package directories to the appropriate ~mcidas installation directories.

where packages is one of the three options described below.

• x
  The x option builds only the McIDAS-X for XP package.
  
• xrd
  The xrd option builds only the McIDAS-XRD for XP package.
  
• all
  The all option builds both the McIDAS-X for XP and McIDAS-XRD for XP packages, in that order.

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.

./mcidas2012.2_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.