[daip] uvplt trouble

[Brian Kent]

Hi Eric,

Switching to the binary distro did the trick, and everything seems to be
working as I expect it to.

Thanks again,
Brian



On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Eric Greisen wrote:

> Brian Kent writes:
>  > Hi Eric,
>  > 
>  > I downloaded the 31DEC07.tar.gz, checksum file, and install.pl INSTALL
>  > wizard perl file and installed it on my machine here by following the 
>  > instructions at http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/aips/dec07.shtml as well as the 
>  > guide to the install wizard http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/aips/install.shtml.  
>  > However, the output from f77 --version on my machine is:
>  > 
>  > GNU Fortran (GCC) 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7)
>  > Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>  > 
>  > 
>  > The installation gave me no errors.  If there was an installation problem, 
>  > I figured I would never have gotten as far as being able to use FILLM or 
>  > EDITA.  Maybe I've got a bigger problem...
>  > 
> 
> Yes - you have a bigger problem.  The 3.3.x compiler has given no end
> of trouble, particularly down at the bottom of the calibration
> application routines which is where you are in UVPLT and lots of
> others (but not FILLM, LISTR as you used it, or PRTAN).  The fastest
> method to switch to a binary installation (which should run faster on
> your machine) is
> 
> cd $AIPS_ROOT
> source LOGIN.CSH       (or . LOGIN.SH for bash shells)
> $CDTST
> touch $SYSLOCAL/RSYNC.ME
> 
> and then run the MNJ ($HOME/do_daily.<hostname>). 
> 
> You will not want the binary installation if you are planning to write
> your own aips code (linking is hard) but otherwise it is really a
> better solution than local compiling.  The 3.4.2+ compilers are okay
> if you do need to recompile.
> 
> Eric Greisen
> 

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