[daip] aips install problem 3

[Eric Greisen]

huisiyan at sina.com wrote:
> Eric Greisen
> hello! I have found .AIPSRC and remove all the ' .But there still leaves 
> some problems as follows:
> 
> AipsWiz: Error: Failed to build PP.EXE in 
> /home/xixi/aips/31DEC09/LINUX/SYSTEM/XIS
> AipsWiz: Error: This will prevent INSTEP2 from starting!!!!
> AipsWiz: Error: You need to find out why it failed, but for now
> AipsWiz: Error: you can proceed with the rest of the install...
> AipsWiz: ==> Press <ENTER> to acknowledge::
> 
> AipsWiz: Error: Failed to build the XAS program.
> AipsWiz: Error: This means no AIPS TV will be available.
> 
> AipsWiz: Engaging MAKE.MNJ...
> .: 1: Can't open /home/xixi/aips/31DEC09/UNKNOWN/SYSTEM/CDVER.SH
> AipsWiz: Not good; no LASTGOOD.DOC found; did MAKE.MNJ fail?
> AipsWiz: You should investigate this.
> 
> AipsWiz: ==> Shall I start INSTEP2 and then INSTEP4 here, now? [Y]:
> .: 1: Can't open /home/xixi/aips/31DEC09/UNKNOWN/SYSTEM/CDVER.SH
> AipsWiz: Error: INSTEP2 failed, no point in proceeding.
> AipsWiz: Error: Look in /home/xixi/aips/31DEC09/LINUX/INSTALL to see
> AipsWiz: Error: if you can figure out what went wrong. There are
> AipsWiz: Error: many log and list files there. You may want to do
> grep -v ^- *.LIS
> AipsWiz: Error: to see what modules did not compile.
> AipsWiz: Install Wizard stopping. Current settings saved in ~/.AIPSRC
> AipsWiz: Abandoning ship! Goodbye.
> 
> Could you help me to find where the problem is ? I hope that it will not 
> trouble you so much. Thank you very much for your help!
> 
> 
> 

I didn't realize that you were trying to compile the code locally.  That 
is a bad idea unless you really need to create special aips programs for 
your own use.  You should say
         perl install.pl -n
to get network (binary) install.  The load modules run much faster on 
ordinary Linux desktops than those compiled with the gnu compiler.  The 
.AIPSRC file has a parameter about this.  Change it to yes and try the 
command above.  Do check your $AIPS_ROOT/HOSTS.LIST to make sure that 
your computer appears by the name you intend to use with the site name 
you now intend to use and the LINUX operating system.

Eric Greisen