[daip] Preliminaries for installing AIPS

[Eric Greisen]

Wen-shuo Liao writes:
 > Dear Sir:
 > 	I've intall AIPS in Oct99 and I want to update to the version 
 > of Dec00.  According to the website, I compared the files and they are not
 > match.  I use Red-hat Linux 7.0.  Here is the result:
 > 
 > from website:	481103d6239affb07a58a8777991887e  31DEC00.tar.gz
 > 
 > from my copy:	87757ef8bbac9b3dd793519c237a2e05  31DEC00.tar.gz
 > 
 > 	What should I do?

I am sorry that this mail seems to have been overlooked.  There are
several possibilities.  1. It is very important that the ftp copy be
made in binary mode.  The default mode in ftp will alter the binary
files you are attempting to copy and the checksum will not agree.
2. The date of the checksum and main file must agree - we change them
both every day. 3. Sometimes ftp copies simply do not work and it is
worth trying again.  Be sure to be in binary mode.

I am sorry for the delay in answering you,

Eric Greisen