[daip] AIPS install

[Hiroko Shinnaga]

Dear Patrick, 

  I downloaded the 31DEC01.tar.gz file and the file 
for quick checking.  The files were like this; 

# ls -l 31DEC01.tar.gz*
-rw-rw-r--    1 hshinnag hshinnag 42059652 Nov  6 15:14 31DEC01.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r--    1 hshinnag hshinnag       49 Nov  6 16:25 
31DEC01.tar.gz.md5sum

  That looks fine.  However, if I run md5sum like 

# md5sum 31DEC01.tar.gz.md5sum
0439d5ca78764a77212fbaafa7347399  31DEC01.tar.gz.md5sum

but the inside of the file is different from the above.  

# more 31DEC01.tar.gz.md5sum
83afed4c50dc9e725941d10a1f14994c  31DEC01.tar.gz

  Please let me know whether I can install AIPS or not.  
I'd like to appreciate your quick reply.  

Sincerely, 

 Hiroko


On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Patrick P Murphy wrote:

> On Mon, 05 Nov 2001 20:44:25 -1000, Hiroko Shinnaga
>   <hshinnag at cfa.harvard.edu> said: 
> 
> >   I'm Hiroko Shinnaga, an AIPS user.  I'm trying to install
> > AIPS on my computer.
> 
> When did you get the 31DEC01.tar.gz file, and when did you get the
> 31DEC01.tar.gz.md5sum file?  They are generated nightly, so if you got one
> one day and the other a different day, they will not match.
> 
> > # md5sum 31DEC01.tar.gz.md5sum
> > 0439d5ca78764a77212fbaafa7347399  31DEC01.tar.gz.md5sum
> 
> > however, this is different from the file inside
> 
> > # more 31DEC01.tar.gz.md5sum
> > 83afed4c50dc9e725941d10a1f14994c  31DEC01.tar.gz
> 
> I just checked last night's copy on our server:
> 
>   : orangutan_pmurphy; ls -l 31DEC01.tar.gz*
>   -rw-r--r--    1 aipsmgr  aipspgmr 42071870 Nov  6 00:21 31DEC01.tar.gz
>   -rw-r--r--    1 aipsmgr  aipspgmr       49 Nov  6 00:22 31DEC01.tar.gz.md5sum
>   : orangutan_pmurphy; md5sum 31DEC01.tar.gz
>   ebfc90a380ce6f4f810f836db7d8a381  31DEC01.tar.gz
>   : orangutan_pmurphy; cat 31DEC01.tar.gz.md5sum 
>   ebfc90a380ce6f4f810f836db7d8a381  31DEC01.tar.gz
>   : orangutan_pmurphy; 
> 
> >   Actually, I have a CD called "Linux for astronomy vol "3and 4",
> > and "5 and 6".   In the vol 3 and 4, it contains AIPS 1998 version.
> 
> I'd strongly advise against using so old a version.  A *lot* has changed,
> and there have been very many bug fixes and improvements.
> 
> 				- Pat
> 
> PS. note our timestamps on the files; as you can see they're generated
>     shortly after midnight US/Eastern time.  Avoid getting them between
>     midnight and about 00:30, please.
>