[daip] AIPS installation query

[Eric Greisen]

Catherine Brocksopp writes:
 > 
 > I've edited HOSTS.LIST, DADEVS.LIST and NETSP.
 > I've created a new directory containing SPACE in both DA00 and DATA
 > I've copied the whole contents of DA00 to 31DEC04/LINUX/TEMPLATE/.
 > I've run LOGIN.CSH
 > I've run SYSETUP <hostname>
 > 
 > And there are no complaints.

    this all sounds good so I cannot tell what went wrong

 >    (Using global default file 
 > /disk/xray4/xraysw/linux/aips/DA00/DADEVS.LIST)
 >     Disk 1 (1) is /disk/xray4/xraysw/linux/aips/DATA/MSSLLT_1

    The edit of DADEVS.LIST has worked.

 > START_AIPS: I am GUESSING you are at a workstation called mssllt
 > START_AIPS: Starting TV servers on mssllt asynchronously
 > START_AIPS:  - with Internet Sockets...
 > START_AIPS: Starting TPMON daemons on MSSLLT asynchronously...
 > Starting up 31DEC04 AIPS with normal priority
 >   ZMSGOP: FILE DA01:MSD001000.001;      NOT FOUND
 > MSGWRT ERROR      2 AT OPEN

      This error (no aips 1 message file) can be cured by entering 1
as the user number with password AMANAGER.  Then do restart and enter
whatever user number you want.

 > ZDCHI1: ZOPEN: FILE DA00:SPD000000;          NOT FOUND

      This error is serious and says that SYSETUP did not work
correctly.  The data area
    /disk/xray4/xraysw/linux/aips/DA00/MSSLLT/
should contain a bunch of files.  For example on my machine they are

primate<196>$ cd /home/AIPS/DA00/PRIMATE
/home/AIPS/DA00/PRIMATE
primate<197>$ ls
ACD000000;  BAD001008;  BAD002007;   MED000003;  MED00000B;   TPD001003;
BAD001001;  BAD001009;  BAD002008;   MED000004;  PWD000000;@  TPD001004;
BAD001002;  BAD002001;  BAD002009;   MED000005;  SPACE        TPD001005;
BAD001003;  BAD002002;  BQD000000;   MED000006;  SPD000000;   TPD001006;
BAD001004;  BAD002003;  GRD000000;@  MED000007;  TCD000001;   TPD001007;
BAD001005;  BAD002004;  ICD000000;   MED000008;  TDD000004;   TPD001008;
BAD001006;  BAD002005;  MED000001;   MED000009;  TPD001001;   TPD001009;
BAD001007;  BAD002006;  MED000002;   MED00000A;  TPD001002;   TPD00100A;
primate<198>$ 

Note that the PW and GR files are links to the one in the template
area so that all machines share these.  That is a nicety that is
unimportant these days.  Try just copying the files from
    /disk/xray4/xraysw/linux/aips/DA00/????/
where ???? is the old machine name to
    /disk/xray4/xraysw/linux/aips/DA00/MSSLLT/

Installing a new version is now easy.  Go to the directory
    /disk/xray4/xraysw/linux/aips/
get the file at
    ftp.aoc.nrao.edu/pub/software/aips/31DEC07/install.pl
Then check for a file in your home directory named .AIPSRC  which you
may have to edit.  then do
    perl install.pl -n
where the -n says network => binary installation of load modules that
will run faster than ones compiled with the gnu compiler.

Eric Greisen