[daip] More problems installing classic AIPS under Linux

[Jane Rigby]

Hello, 
	We've followed Patrick Murphy's advice (reprinted below) to
configure a data area, but AIPS still won't run.  I get the following
error message:


$ /usr/local/src/AIPS/START_AIPS
START_AIPS: Your initial AIPS printer is the library 
START_AIPS:  - system name lw1, AIPS type PS
 
START_AIPS: User data area assignments:
DADEVS.PL: This program is untested under Perl version 5.006
  (Using global default file /usr/local/src/AIPS/DA00/DADEVS.LIST for 
DADEVS.PL)
                  /usr/local/src/AIPS/DATA/SATCHMO_1 is currently 
unavailable.

START_AIPS: Cannot start AIPS because there are no defined data areas!
START_AIPS: (check DADEVS.LIST or .dadevs files, or AIPSASSN.\*)
$ 


We made /usr/local/src/AIPS/DATA/ readable by me, but that didn't help.  
Any advice?  Much thanks,
	Jane Rigby
	Steward Observatory 





On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Patrick P Murphy wrote:

> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 16:03:55 -0400
> From: Patrick P Murphy <pmurphy at nrao.edu>
> To: Jane Rigby <jrigby at as.arizona.edu>, daip at nrao.edu
> Subject: Re: [daip] Problem installing classic AIPS under Linux,
>      2nd request for help
> 
> My apologies for the delay in responding.  I'm not formally part of the
> AIPS group anymore, but I know the answer to this particular question.
> 
> > 	We're trying to install AIPS 31Dec2001 on a redhat 7.1 machine.  
> > We installed an earlier version of gcc (2.95.3), and spent hours 
> > crunching, only to have the installation fail a the end.  The error 
> > message is explicit but doesn't suggest a course of action to us.  Can you 
> > read it (it's below) and provide suggestions on what to do next?
> 
> Yes.  Configure a data area, e.g. (replace MYHOST with the uppercase
> simple hostname here):
> 
>       cd /usr/local/src/AIPS/DATA
>       mkdir MYHOST_1
>       chmod g+ws MYHOST_1
>       touch MYHOST_1/SPACE
> 
> Then edit /usr/local/src/AIPS/DA00/DADEVS.LIST and NETSP so that the
> former contains a line:
> 
> +  /usr/local/src/AIPS/DATA/MYHOST_1
> 
> (exactly: a plus sign in column 1, two spaces, and the directory name) and
> the latter has, e.g.
> 
> /usr/local/src/AIPS/DATA/MYHOST_1 365.0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> 
> (the NETSP file explains what the numbers are).  
> 
> > AipsWiz:  =====> Generate system files via FILAIP/POPSGN...
> 
> To do this by hand, type this:
> 
>      source /usr/local/src/AIPS/LOGIN.CSH         (csh or tcsh shells only)
> or   . /usr/local/src/AIPS/LOGIN.SH               (bash, zsh, ksh, ash)
> 
> then
> 
>     RUN FILAIP
> 
> When it asks for numbers:
> 
>          #disks, #catalog entries per disk: 15 -100
>           #interactive AIPS, #batch queues: 8 2
>                               #tape drives: 4
> 
> (the first two numbers are 15 and MINUS 100).  Then do:
> 
>     RUN POPSGN
> 
> When asked for IDebug etc, give it:
> 
>     0 POPSDAT TST
> 
> and when it prompts with a ">", just press return.  
> 
> This should give you a working AIPS system.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> 				- Pat
>