McIDAS User's Guide
Version 2017.1
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Note: For convenience, the McIDAS-X for Win7 installation files 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 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 Win7 2017.1 and/or McIDAS-XRD for Win7 2017.1. Run each command from the ~mcidas directory.
1. Log on to the workstation as mcidas and start an SUA Korn Shell.
If there is a previous version of the package(s) you will be installing (McIDAS-X for Win7 and/or McIDAS-XRD for Win7) 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 enter the command below to uninstall the previous version of the packages, replacing version# with the number of the version (for example, 2016.2).
Type: sh ./mcidasversion#_win7.sh uninstall all
The messages below appear if the uninstall is successfully completed.
./mcidasversion#_win7.sh: McIDAS-X uninstall completed normally. ./mcidasversion#_win7.sh: McIDAS-XRD uninstall completed normally. |
3. Install the desired package (McIDAS-X for Win7 2017.1 and/or McIDAS-XRD for Win7 2017.1) using the appropriate command below. If installing McIDAS-X for Win7 (by specifying x or all in the packages parameter), this step first makes the ~mcidas installation directories and ~mcidas/mcidas2017.1 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/mcidas2017.1 package directories to the appropriate ~mcidas installation directories.
Type: sh ./mcidas2017.1_win7.sh install packages
where packages is one of the three options described below.
The message below is displayed if McIDAS-X for Win7 is selected (by specifying x or all in the packages parameter) and the install is successfully completed.
./mcidas2017.1_win7.sh: McIDAS-X install completed normally. |
If McIDAS-XRD for Win7 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 Win7 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 |
| ~mcidas/mcidas201x/xrd | McIDAS-XRD source files, data files, help files and binaries |
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