[daip] Problem Starting AIPS

[Eric Greisen]

Nakaba, Rebecca N. wrote:
> 
> Hi Current Designated AIP,
> I'm having a problem starting AIPS.  I have already uninstalled 
> everything and reinstalled it once, just in case it was some sort of 
> fluke.  I have a Mac OSX 10.5.8, and I followed all the special Mac 
> instructions, and the instructions for the install wizard regarding the 
> binary installation for the 31DEC11, the most recent, version of AIPS.  
> It installed fine (I got the 'Let's make a banana split message'), but 
> when I type the command of 'aips' into the xterm, I get this:
> 
> bash-3.2$ aips
> bash: aips: command not found
> 
> 
> These are the settings I set up during the installation:
>  AIPS_ROOT (screen 3): /AIPS_ROOT
>        Group (screen 4): staff
>  Group Write (screen 4): YES
> Architecture (screen 5): MACINT
>    Site name (screen 5): LOCALHOST
>   AIPS hosts (screen 6): LOCALHOST
>   Data areas (screen 7): /AIPS_ROOT/DATA/LOCALHOST_1
>     Printers (screen 8): Photosmart_C4500_series__FF8972_          
> TEXT      NONE  Lazenby Printer
>   Paper type (screen 8): A
>  Tape drives (screen 9):
>   Tape hosts (screen 9): 127.0.0.1
> 
> I used the default settings whenever possible. 
> Let me know if there is anything else I can tell you.  Thanks so much 
> for your time,

This one is simple - you need to

. $AIPS_ROOT/LOGIN.SH   (bash shells)

or

source $AIPS_ROOT/LOGIN.CSH       (for C and tcsh shells)

Users often put this in their login script (.bashrc or .tcshrc).  It 
sets up a bunch of environment variables and adds to the $PATH.

Eric Greisen