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Installing McIDAS-X for XP 2009

Next, complete the steps below to install McIDAS-X for XP 2009. Run each command from the ~mcidas directory.

1. Log on to the workstation as mcidas and start an SFU Korn Shell.

If there is a previous version of McIDAS-X for XP installed, go to step 2. If this is the initial installation of McIDAS-X for XP, go to step 3.

2. Verify that no McIDAS-X sessions are running. Then enter the command below to uninstall the previous version of McIDAS-X for XP, replacing version# with the number of the version (for example, 2007).

Type:  sh ./mcidasversion#.sh uninstall

This step removes the hard links between the files in the ~mcidas/mcidasversion# package directories and the appropriate ~mcidas installation directories (see the tables below). The message below appears when the uninstall is successfully completed.

./mcidasversion#.sh: Uninstall completed normally.

3. Install McIDAS-X for XP 2009.

Type:  sh ./mcidas2009.sh install

This step first makes the ~mcidas installation directories and ~mcidas/mcidas2009 package directories (see the tables below). Then, it uncompresses the binary files, data files, source files, help files, and man pages. Finally, it creates hard links from the files in the ~mcidas/mcidas2009 package directories to the appropriate ~mcidas installation directories. The message below is displayed when the install is successfully completed.

./mcidas2009.sh: Install completed normally.

Installation Directories

The install process makes hard links (as opposed to symbolic links) between the installation directories and the files in the package directories. The uninstall process simply removes the hard links. The installation directories and their contents are listed below.

Directory Contents
~mcidas/bin program executables
~mcidas/data data files
~mcidas/help help files
~mcidas/inc include files
~mcidas/lib libraries
~mcidas/man man files for subroutines and functions
~mcidas/tcl Tcl and Tk executables and libraries

Other McIDAS packages also make hard links in the installation directories. Thus the installation directories are the repositories for all McIDAS packages currently installed.

Package Directories

Each version of McIDAS-X and other McIDAS packages (for example, McIDAS-XCD) builds its own set of directories. The names of the directories depend on the package name and version number. The McIDAS-X for XP package directories and their contents are listed below.

Directory Contents
~mcidas/mcidas200x/bin McIDAS-X binary executables
~mcidas/mcidas200x/data McIDAS-X data files
~mcidas/mcidas200x/help McIDAS-X help files
~mcidas/mcidas200x/inc McIDAS-X include files
~mcidas/mcidas200x/lib McIDAS-X library files
~mcidas/mcidas200x/man McIDAS-X man files for subroutines and functions
~mcidas/mcidas200x/src McIDAS-X source files
~mcidas/mcidas200x/tcl Tcl/Tk 8.4.2 files for the GUI


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