[daip] AIPS on a 64bit machine

[Bill Junor]

DAIP et al.

    I have a dual core, 64 bit laptop on which I want to install AIPS. 
I want to do some development here so I need to build AIPS from a TEXT 
installation.  I don't have the Intel compiler on this machine --- 
although I could link to a copy of that compiler if I am on our local 
network.  But, of course, this means that I can't compile my source when 
I am not on the network.

    The available guidance for building AIPS on a 64bit system is sparse 
so I have been exploring how to do this.  I presume that I can use the 
GNU compilers still?

    I have tried to set up the Fortran and C compilation and link 
options correctly using gcc, g77 ... but when the script tries to build 
XAS it invokes

   /usr/bin/gcc -D_BSD -DUSE_SHM -O2 -axWPT -c xas.c

The option "-axWPT" is unrecognized so I presume that this is some 
option for the Intel compiler.  In which case, is the install.pl script 
in error (by assuming that the Intel compiler is always available)?

    Anyway, some guidance on how to go about building the 64bit version 
of AIPS on my laptop would be appreciated.

                                           Thanks,
                                                   Bill Junor // LANL