[daip] installing AIPS

[Jim Ulvestad]

Hi Cornelia,

Pat Murphy is at ADASS (in Boston), so it's conceivable you might
not get an answer to this for a day or two.

Jim

clang at ocotillo.astro.umass.edu wrote:
> 
> Hi -
> 
> I am trying to install AIPS on my LINUX box at UMASS and I am running into
> troubles with an initial step - wondered if you have some advice.
> 
> I downloaded both the tarball and the perl script, and then ran the perl
> script. I confirmed that the tarball was the right file, and then I ran
> into this error message:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Proceeding with 31DEC99 install/upgrade.  Please check:
> 
> -rwxrwxrwx 1 clang clang 33444593 Nov 15 11:23 /home/aips/31DEC99.tar.gz
> 
> that this is the file you want (should be >30 Mbytes)
> 
>          [You may also type B for back, or Q to Quit]
> 
> AipsWiz: ===> Proceed [Y/N, default Y]
> 
> AipsWiz: Error: AIPS 31DEC99 unpacked in /home/aips// AipsWiz: Error: but
> I can no longer find it there!  Giving up.
> 
> AipsWiz: Install Wizard stopping.  Current settings saved in ~/.AIPSRC
> AipsWiz: Abandoning ship!  Goodbye.
> ========================================================================
> [clang at ocotillo aips]$
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> This is actually a re-install. I got rid of everything from the first time
> around and was starting over. So, I know that this worked before...
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Cornelia Lang