[daip] AIPS installation

Fri Jan 11 11:54:32 EST 2008

Hello,

 I am a new user of AIPS; have just managed to install (source file
installation, not binary)
it in my personal, linux laptop (ubuntu). Installation seems to
work fine; I am able to test simple commands such as print,5+5 etc.

[ My name is sridharan rengaswamy (sridhar for short); machine name is
chandrama; it is my personal laptop.  ]
But there is a problem : related to TV display.  I have "exported" the
display:  Here is what I get when I start aips.
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sridhar at chandrama:~/aips$ . ./LOGIN.SH
sridhar at chandrama:~/aips$ export DISPLAY=CHANDRAMA:0
sridhar at chandrama:~/aips$ aips
START_AIPS: Your initial AIPS printer is the
START_AIPS:  - system name , AIPS type

START_AIPS: User data area assignments:
  (Using global default file /home/sridhar/aips/DA00/DADEVS.LIST for
DADEVS.PL)
   Disk 1 (1) is /home/sridhar/aips/DATA/CHANDRAMA_1

Tape assignments:
   Tape 1 is REMOTE
   Tape 2 is REMOTE

START_AIPS: I am GUESSING you are at a workstation called CHANDRAMA
TVDEVS.SH: Remote TV assigned for TVHOST CHANDRAMA  ***
START_AIPS: Checking if CHANDRAMA is reachable via ssh...
START_AIPS: Cannot start remote TV servers on CHANDRAMA, sorry!
START_AIPS: remote command gave this error:
ssh: connect to host CHANDRAMA port 22: Connection refused
START_AIPS: check your secure shell setup, in particular
START_AIPS: whether you have a passphrase enabled.  You may
START_AIPS: wish to try 'ssh -v CHANDRAMA pwd' to see
START_AIPS: what the problem is.
START_AIPS: Starting TPMON daemons on CHANDRAMA asynchronously...
Starting up 31DEC08 AIPS with normal priority
Begin the one true AIPS number 1 (release of 31DEC08) at priority =   0
AIPS 1: You are not on a local TV device, welcome stranger
AIPS 1: You are assigned TV device/server   2
AIPS 1: You are assigned graphics device/server   2
AIPS 1: Enter user ID number
?STARTPMON: [CHANDRAMA] Starting TPMON1 with output SUPPRESSED
ZVTPO3: tcp/aipsmt0 is not a service
ZVTPO3: check /etc/services or NIS map!
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I preses enter here and do the following:
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AIPS 1: Enter user ID number
?1
Password:
AIPS 1:                          31DEC08 AIPS:
AIPS 1:      Copyright (C) 1995-2008 Associated Universities, Inc.
AIPS 1:            AIPS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY;
AIPS 1:                 for details, type HELP GNUGPL
AIPS 1: This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
AIPS 1: under certain conditions; type EXPLAIN GNUGPL for details.
AIPS 1: Previous session command-line history recovered.
AIPS 1: TAB-key completions enabled, type HELP READLINE for details.
AIPS 1: Recovered POPS environment from last exit
>print,5+5
AIPS 1:     10
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1. obviously,  my machine could not be accessed via ssh.  do I need to
register at NRAO site for this?

sridhar at dhandrama:~$ ssh -v chandrama pwd
OpenSSH_4.6p1 Debian-5ubuntu0.1, OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to chandrama [127.0.1.1] port 22.
debug1: connect to address 127.0.1.1 port 22: Connection refused
ssh: connect to host chandrama port 22: Connection refused

Can't I use AIPS independently, in my machine, even when I am not connected
to internet (of course
I can upgrade it whenever I have access to internet; By the way, I have
Wi-fi and I am mostly
accessing internet via wireless networks.

2. problems with tape drives: I looked at /etc/services which contains lots
of  tcp  names; but I don't know
how to proceed further; Do we require tape drives? Can't one use data in
DVD/CD/external hard disks.
I mean, can't one disable tape drives option during installation?

How do i change printer/tape seeting; as my machine is not going to be
attached with
any tapes/printers, I plan to convert figures in .ps or .pdf format and copy
in external disks
(pen drives for example)  whenever I need printout.

Can I edit .AIPSRC file to solve these problems? What has to be done?

In short, I have a personal laptop, which I might use even when not
connected to internet.
I want to install AIPS in it, with display enabled.

thanks,
sridhar

PS: here is .AIPSRC file:

# AIPSRC created by install.pl on Fri Jan 11 13:37:27 2008
#
LAST_VERSION = 31DEC08
AIPS_ROOT = /home/sridhar/aips
GROUP = sridhar
GROUPWRITE = YES
INSTALL_FROM_CD = NO
INSTALL_FROM_NET = NO
ARCH = LINUX
IS64 = NO
SITE = SRIDHARLAPTOP
THISHOST = CHANDRAMA
HOSTS = "CHANDRAMA"
PRINTERS = ""
DATA_AREAS = "/home/sridhar/aips/DATA/CHANDRAMA_1:NONE"
TAPE_DRIVES = ""
TPHOSTS = "127.0.0.1"
PRINTMED = A
FORT = /usr/bin/g77
FORTOPT = -c -fno-automatic -fno-globals -Wno-globals -malign-double
-Wimplicit -Wall
CCOM = /usr/bin/gcc
CCOMOPT = -c -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops
-I/home/sridhar/aips/31DEC08/INC -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DHAVE_LINUX_GLIBC
LINK = /usr/bin/g77
READLINE =
DOTWOLIB = NO
DOWNLOADED = 2008.01.11:12:34.49
UNPACKED = Unpacked in /home/sridhar/aips at Fri Jan 11 13:35:27 2008

#---- End of AIPSRC file
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