EXSAS '97 for LINUX:
The installation process
This site provides some additional information on the installation process
of EXSAS for Linux. If you have further suggestions or questens please send
an email to web@mpe-garching.mpg.de
Before you install EXSAS for Linux you should be aware of the following points:
Warning: This EXSAS software package needs MIDAS release 96NOV for LINUX available from the ESO. You can also find this software from the ROSAT Service Area. Click here to get MIDAS 96NOV used to build EXSAS 97JUN for Linux.Note that the installation guide assumes that EXSAS will be installed under the MIDAS account and that MIDAS for Linux.ELF has been installed properly following the ESO guidelines distributed with MIDAS for Linux.ELF (i.e. in /usr/local/midas/exsas)
EXSAS for Linux is under the copyright of the MAX-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik. To distribute this software is not allowed without the permission of MPE. See the copyright (c) information for further details. Exsas for Linux is comming with no warranty. See the DISCLAIMER for further details. We also ask all users to REGISTER by sending us back the registration form filled out properly to get full advantage of the service we provide for registered users.
Hardware requirements: We have tested/build EXSAS/MIDAS for Linux on a 160 MHZ Pentium system with 32 MB memory. We used a Matrox Millenium Graphic board which provides 8 bit pseudo-color devices overlayed on a 24 Bit true colors device using the commercial X-window manager Accelerated X 3.1MIDAS needs about 52 MB disk space and EXSAS'97 nearly 90 MB (without the test data. The test data are required for software tests and to run the tutorials. To store the test data requires another 60 MB). About 67 MB of the space is used for storing the ROSAT calibration files.
1) - Go to the place where MIDAS for Linux is installed. % cd /usr/local/midas 2) - Create the exsas subdirectory % mkdir exsas 3) - Move into the exsas root directory % cd /usr/local/midas/exsas 4) - Copy the zip'ed EXSAS for Linux files in this directory. Assuming you strip the EXSAS for Linux software directly from the MPE software pool, go on as follows % ftp rosat_svc.mpe-garching.mpg.de ftp> cd exsas/97JUN_EXP_Linux ftp> bin ftp prompt ftp> mget 97JUN_*.zip ftp> get README ftp> get INSTALL.DOC ftp> get COPYRIGHT ftp> get REGISTER ftp> mget testdata*.zip ftp> bye To install all software, i.e. the exe-, prg- and parameter files as well as the testdata and callibration files, a disk space of about 150 MB is required. MIDAS needs about 52 MB disk space and EXSAS'97 nearly 90 MB (without the test data. The test data are required for software tests and to run the tutorials. To store the test data requires another 60 MB). About 67 MB of the space is used for storing the ROSAT calibration files. After copying all files from the EXSAS software pool, you should have the following zip files under /usr/local/midas/exsas: The ROSAT/EXSAS calibration files: ===================================== -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5545 Aug 01 14:18 97JUN_C00.idx -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1394223 Aug 01 14:18 97JUN_C01.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1399966 Aug 01 14:18 97JUN_C02.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1399952 Aug 01 14:18 97JUN_C03.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1399927 Aug 01 14:18 97JUN_C04.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1399903 Aug 01 14:18 97JUN_C05.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1399919 Aug 01 14:18 97JUN_C06.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1399966 Aug 01 14:18 97JUN_C07.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1399751 Aug 01 14:18 97JUN_C08.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1399871 Aug 01 14:18 97JUN_C09.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1399821 Aug 01 14:18 97JUN_C10.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1399888 Aug 01 14:18 97JUN_C11.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1399827 Aug 01 14:18 97JUN_C12.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 501333 Aug 01 14:18 97JUN_C13.zip Executables, prg-, help and par-files =========================================== -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1334700 Aug 01 14:39 97JUN_E1.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1365223 Aug 01 14:39 97JUN_E2.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1392720 Aug 01 14:39 97JUN_E3.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1350990 Aug 01 14:39 97JUN_E4.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1397048 Aug 01 14:39 97JUN_E5.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154155 Aug 01 14:39 97JUN_E6.zip EXSAS for Linux installation guide, register, readme and copyright files ========================================================================== -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Aug 01 15:43 COPYRIGHT -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4215 Aug 01 11:51 README -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2244 Aug 01 15:51 REGISTER Test data ============ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2146158 Aug 01 11:44 testdata1.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3965715 Aug 01 11:44 testdata2.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 649212 Aug 01 12:00 testdata31.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1924288 Aug 01 12:03 testdata32.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2858431 Aug 01 13:38 testdata4.zip
NOTE: See the *.idx for the contents of the ziped files. There is no documentation included in this release. The EXSAS Handbook and command summary are now provided online.
6) - Now unzip all files. The EXSAS version directory 97JUN_EXP will be created and the files are installed: % unzip *.zip 7) - You might want to delete the ziped files from the directory % rm /usr/local/midas/exsas/*.zip 8) - Go to the EXSAS version directory which has just been created % cd 97JUN_EXP 9) - If you are working under the GNU shell 'bash', edit the file EXSAS.bash (users who are working with the c-shell should do the same with EXSAS.csh) and change the definitions appropriate to your installation. The defaults are just fine if you have installed EXSAS following the description above. % vi EXSAS.bash The most important definitions are set at the first 3 lines of code. XEXSAS must point to the "version" directory of EXSAS (for instance /usr/local/midas/exsas/97JUN_EXP). The alias "inmidas" and "gomidas" in the next lines can be commented, if you have already defined them elsewhere. You might also wish to define the environment variable "editor" in order to specify the default ASCII files editor to be used in EXSAS (it is currently set to "joe"). We found that setting MIDOPTION to PARALLEL is making life easier, but you can comment out this line if you don't like it. 10) - Get now the EXSAS definitions with % source EXSAS.bash or % source EXSAS.csh depending on the shell you are using. One of this files should be always executed by all EXSAS users. The linesource full_path_to_exsas/EXSAS.bash where full_path_to_exsas is the path to the exsas directory, (e.g. /usr/local/midas/exsas/97JUN) should be contained in all users .bashrc or .login files. % source /usr/local/midas/exsas/97JUN_EXP/EXSAS.bash 11) - Go to the calibration area and rebuild few files which have been splitted for transportation: % cd $XEXSAS/cal % cat de200_new_cnvt.dat.a* > de200_new_cnvt.dat % rm de200_new_cnvt.dat.a* % cat thbrall.tbl.a* > thbrall.tbl % rm thbrall.tbl.a* % cd .. 12) - Copy the EXSAS context file to the proper MIDAS directory: % cp $XEXSAS/exsas.ctx $MIDASHOME/$MIDVERS/context 13) - Copy the special EXSAS look up tables to the proper MIDAS directory: % cp $XEXSAS/lut/*.lut $MIDASHOME/$MIDVERS/systab/bin========================================================================= 14) - In order to start EXSAS, start MIDAS first: % inmidas When you get the MIDAS prompt set the EXSAS context: Midas 001> SET/CONTEXT EXSAS A preferable alternative to that is to initiate automatically EXSAS every time you start MIDAS. If you want this to be true for ALL MIDAS users, then add the line SET/CONTEXT EXSAS at the top of the file $MIDASHOME/$MIDVERS/prim/proc/login.prg; otherwise the single user can decide to place the line SET/CONTEXT EXSAS at the top of his own login.prg (in his MIDWORK directory). Don't put the SET/CONTEXT line at the end of the login.prg files, because this would destroy all the commands defined beforehand (this happens because EXSAS need to expand the MIDAS command buffer).STARTING EXSAS
================================================================================================================================================== 15) - Read the helps! Read the manuals! Read the news! Generally it helps a lot. And in case of problems, use the addresses indicated in Chapter 2 of the EXSAS Users Guide. PANIC --> Phone +49-89-3299-3588 (Werner Becker for EXSAS on Linux) or +49-89-3299-3313 (Carlo Izzo else) or send a mail to web@mpe-garching.mpg.de in case of problems with the installation of EXSAS for Linux.USING EXSAS
================================================================================================================================================== 16) - Optional: get some testdata via ftp (they are not on tape). Skip this if you don't want test data (they take about 40 Mb of disk space but they are required to run the tutorials and software checks). % cd $XEXSAS % ftp rosat_svc.mpe-garching.mpg.de ftp> cd 97JUN_EXP_Linux ftp> get testdata1.zip (PSPC observation of LMC) ftp> get testdata2.zip (Two WFC observations) ftp> get testdata31.zip (PSPC observation of AR LAC) ftp> get testdata32.zip (HRI observation of AR LAC) ftp> get testdata4.zip (PSPC observation of PSR 0656+14) ftp> bye unzip testdata*.zip (don't forget to set the path to the test in EXSAS.bash or EXSAS.csh) 17) - Enjoy Exsas.ELF'97 under Linix :-))Optional: ROSAT Test Data
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| Author: Werner Becker (e-mail: web@mpe-garching.mpg.de ) / Page last modified: 09-SEP-97 |