[daip] Instillation Issue

[Amy Mioduszewski]

Hi Kevin,

I'm sorry, when do you get these errors?  When you are installing?  Trying to 
start AIPS?  In what step in the installation?

Thanks,

Amy

Kevin Dimond wrote:
> Hi Amy,
> 
> Don't know if these are the specific errors, but looking through the 
> unix "No such file or directory", "aipserror("Cannot create directory 
> $rld; help!");", and "aipserror("FAILED to create directory $d"," pop up 
> alot. The one that stands out that the program actually states through 
> the speakers while running is "error, cannot change directory 
> to /Users/Interns/Desktop/31DEC14/31DEC14/SYSTEM/UNIX".
> 
> The last time I ran it as a super user just to see if it was a 
> permission problem, but that didn't work so I think it's something to do 
> with not being able to access the proper directory.
> 
> Thank you for the help!
> 
> Kevin Dimond
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Amy Mioduszewski <amiodusz at nrao.edu 
> <mailto:amiodusz at nrao.edu>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Kevin,
> 
>     Could you send me the actual messages?  Also you should not be a
>     "super user" when you install AIPS.
> 
>     Amy
> 
>     Kevin Dimond wrote:
> 
>         Hello,
> 
>         I've been trying to install AIPS, the newest version, for the
>         past few days now. I was trying a binary instillation, I am
>         running Mac OS X Version 10.6.8, and I have not installed AIPS
>         before. It appears to be a directory problem as the install
>         wizard gives a warning about not being able to access the
>         directory. I gave super user permission and tried running the
>         bash login under Managers Frequent Questions, although I did
>         modify this to
> 
>         AIPS_ROOT=/Users/Interns/__Desktop/31DEC14/31DEC14/__SYSTEM/UNIX
>         export AIPS_ROOT=$AIPS_ROOT
> 
>         instead because I didn't think the directory should go to an
>         individual file but the folder containing the UNIX. I've tried
>         several things and can't seem to get AIPS installed properly.
>         Help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
>         Kevin Dimond
> 
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