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The file dstool_1.1.not_sun.tar.Z contains an alpha release
which may be useful in compiling dstool on other architectures
than Suns.
We have used this release to run dstool on Decstations
and IBM RS/6000's. However our access to these machines is quite
limited, so we are not yet able to fully support installation
or fully test dstool.
Dstool requires the xview (version 2 or 3) libraries for compilation.
Source for xview version 3 is available as part of the contributed
subdirectory of the X11R5 release. This can be found, for example,
in the directory ~ftp/contrib/xview3 on export.lcs.mit.edu.
Compilation of those xview sources on non-Sun machines can be a
problem. The subdirectory Fixes of ~ftp/contrib/xview3
on export contains a number of patches to support installation of xview
on RS/6000's and Irises. Decstation binaries are also generally
available. We include below some notes specific to xview installation
on Decstations and RS/6000's.
(There are also a number of commercial ports of xview to other machines.)
In addition to installing the xview and olgx libraries, you will have
to make sure your font path includes the necessary compiled fonts - e.g.
those in xview3/fonts/bdf/misc and xview3/fonts/bdf/75dpi.
After central installation, individuals typically use the install_dsuser
script (in $DSTOOL/bin) to set up user dstool configurations where they can
install their own models. A typical directory for this is $HOME/dstool.
For the Makefiles in this alpha release, it is necessary that users set
an environment variable DSTOOL_U giving the location of their
personal files.
For example, if user "joe" sets up a user dstool configuration in
/usr/u/joe/dstool, he should add
setenv DSTOOL_U /usr/u/joe/dstool
to his environment (and .cshrc) before compiling a user dstool. (Complete
instructions for installing new models will be in the subdirectory "models"
created by the install_dsuser script.)
Source code for the non-Sun versions is almost identical to the Sun case;
most changes are simply in Makefiles.
We would like to thank the following people for assistance in the non-sun
versions.
Andrew Pierce (IBM Supercomputing Technology Center,
in residence at the Cornell Theory Center)
for doing the first port to the RS/6000 of Xview 3.
H. E. Donley of the Mathematics Department at
Indiana University of Pennsylvania for the
Decstation case.
We would welcome any advice from users of the non-Sun version on
bugs, Makefile and other setup improvements. Please address such comments to
dstool_bugs@cam.cornell.edu
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IBM RS/6000 Notes:
Tom McConnell's patches to xview Version 3 for RS/6000
compilation are in the directory ~ftp/contrib/xview3/Fixes.
The file xview3_rs6k_unofficial.patch.Z in that directory
describes the general patching procedure recommended.
Font compilation procedure:
a) Obtain the fonts (xview3/fonts/bdf/misc and
(xview3/fonts/bdf/75dpi) from the xview distribution.
b) Apply "bdftosnf" to the font files (*.bdf) in these
directories.
c) Apply "mkfontdir" to these directories.
d) Add these directories to your font path: e.g.
xset fp+ <xview_home>/xview3/fonts/bdf/misc/,<xview_home>/xview3/fonts/bdf/75dpi/
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Decstation Notes:
Binaries of xview Version 3 for Ultrix 4.2 are available for
anonymous ftp at media-lab.media.mit.edu (18.85.0.2).
Compiled fonts (pcf format)for Decstations are available in the file
~ftp/contrib/xview_fonts-dec-pcf.tar.Z on export.lcs.mit.edu.
******************************************************************************
Further information compiled by Liam Quin is available in the file Xview_Ports.